‘In Greggs’ by Harold Pinter is a masterclass in dialogue

Poke Staff. Updated August 2nd, 2017

This exchange about being called a racist in Greggs is full of the characteristic pauses and silences that you’d expect in the works of playwright Harold Pinter.

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This is brilliant. I wish I could write dialogue this sharp.

— Jon rance (@JRance75) August 2, 2017

It needs a slight tweak:
Derek: I was being racist.
Pause
Carl: In Greggs?
Pause
Derek: Yeah it was in Greggs.

— Nathan Human (@NathanHuman) August 2, 2017

A play made better by every character being called Anonymous🇬🇧

— Margaret Brown (@MagsTheObscure) August 2, 2017

The lack of detail or context elevates it. Picture Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen playing the two parts…..

— L (@Loztastique) August 2, 2017