Directed by Mike Stevens

This classic of Post-War British drama was directed by Mike Stevens and performed in the Gateway Theatre, Chester and Theatr Twm-yr-Nant, Denbigh.

A wheedling, garrulous old tramp comes to live with two neurotic brothers, Mick and Aston. His attempts to establish himself in the household upset the precarious balance of the brothers' lives, and they end up evicting him. Like much of Pinter's work, the play is more about words and silence than action. The tension is built through the mind games between the characters, and dense closely worded dialogue loaded with subtle menace.