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| − | ''The Dining Room'' | + | ''[[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. |
| + | == 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dining_Room]. | ||
| + | [[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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