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| − | ''The Dining Room'', by A.R. Gurney Jr. 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''). | + | ''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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| + | 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''). | ||
Revision as of 17:54, 11 July 2013
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.
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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