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''The Dining Room'', by American playwright A.R. Gurney Jr. (1930-*). The play is set in the dining room of a typical well-to-do household, the place where the family assembled daily for breakfast and dinner and for any and all special occasions. The action is comprised of a mosaic of interrelated scenes—some funny, some touching, some rueful—which, taken together, create an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species: the upper-middle-class WASP. The actors change roles, personalities and ages with virtuoso skill.
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''[[The Dining Room]]'' is a play by American playwright A.R. Gurney [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._R._Gurney] (born 1930). The play is set in the dining room of a typical well-to-do household, the place where the family assembled daily for breakfast and dinner and for any and all special occasions. The action is comprised of a mosaic of interrelated scenes—some funny, some touching, some rueful—which, taken together, create an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species: the upper-middle-class WASP. The actors change roles, personalities and ages with virtuoso skill.
  
Performed in the [[Baxter Theatre]], 1983, directed by [[Bobby Heaney]] for [[Pieter Toerien]]. Cast: [[Patricia Sanders]], [[Deon van Zyl]], [[Amanda Strydom]], [[Liz Dick]], [[Ralph Lawson]], [[Gordon Mulholland]]. (Source: Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987'').
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1983: Performed in the [[Baxter Theatre]], 1983, directed by [[Bobby Heaney]] for [[Pieter Toerien]]. Cast: [[Patricia Sanders]], [[Deon van Zyl]], [[Amanda Strydom]], [[Liz Dick]], [[Ralph Lawson]], [[Gordon Mulholland]]. It was also staged at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in 1983.  
  
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== Sources ==
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Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dining_Room].
  
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[[ESAT Bibliography Bar-Bas|Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne]] 1988.
  
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The Dining Room is a play by American playwright A.R. Gurney [1] (born 1930). The play is set in the dining room of a typical well-to-do household, the place where the family assembled daily for breakfast and dinner and for any and all special occasions. The action is comprised of a mosaic of interrelated scenes—some funny, some touching, some rueful—which, taken together, create an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species: the upper-middle-class WASP. The actors change roles, personalities and ages with virtuoso skill.

Performance history in South Africa

1983: Performed in the Baxter Theatre, 1983, directed by Bobby Heaney for Pieter Toerien. Cast: Patricia Sanders, Deon van Zyl, Amanda Strydom, Liz Dick, Ralph Lawson, Gordon Mulholland. It was also staged at the Alhambra Theatre in 1983.

Sources

Wikipedia [2].

Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne 1988.

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