The Dumb Waiter review " Thewlis and Mays's supreme double act beefs up Pinter's menace by Arifa Akbar

Old Vic: In CameraDavid Thewlis and Daniel Mays add rich new shades to the over-familiar 1957 two-hander in this filmed adaptation It takes theatrical alchemy " and talent " to turn a play as familiar as Harold Pinter's 1957 two-hander into a drama as new and freshly dangerous as Jeremy Herrin's revivalhere. That is partly down to the supreme skills of David Thewlis and (especially) Daniel Mays who play hitmen await…

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