The Dwarfs

A young actor and an angstridden city worker fight over a girl watched over by a disturbed chum The play is concerned with three young men Len Pete and Mark and the scene of action shifts back and forth between Lens house and Marks Sometimes all three come together sometimes only two and often Len is on stage alone There are conversations and soliloquies filled with the brilliant convolutions of thought the sudden flashes of truth which distinguish Pinters unique style with the mood ranging from calm introspection to explosive outpouring Much of what is said hints at deeper thoughts left unspoken and the sense of horror and alienation which often emerges is a searing indictment of our life and times We meet we talk we tear at each other but our insularity is seldom penetrated We are together but alone as though life were a mirror which reflects only our own image