After Dinner
AuthorAndrew Bovell
Cover artistEmma Vine
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
GenrePlay
PublisherCurrency Press
Publication date
1988
Media typePrint (Paperback)
ISBN978-0-86819-518-6

After Dinner is a play by Australian playwright Andrew Bovell. It was Bovell's first play, written in 1984, when he lived in Carlton, Melbourne.[1]

After Dinner was first performed at La Mama Theatre in 1988,[2] and went on to be performed throughout Australia.

It is still regularly performed.[3][4]

Plot

An acutely observed but tender-hearted account of relationships and behaviour in a suburban pub bistro on a Friday night.

First Production

After Dinner was first performed at La Mama, Melbourne, on 20 April 1988[2] with the following cast:

GORDON: Tom Gutteridge

DYMPIE: Kim Trengove

PAULA: Eugenia Fragos

MONIKA: Leigh Morgan

STEPHEN: Peter Murphy

Director, Kim Durban

Designer, Amanda Johnson

Stage Manager, Jane Allen

Music, Tom Gillick and The Heartbreaks

References

  1. Andrew Bovell (9 January 2015). "Black comedy served up 'After Dinner'". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 "After Dinner (photograph)". unimelb.edu.au. University of Melbourne Library. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  3. "What's On: After Dinner (15 Jan — 7 Mar 2015)". sydneytheatre.com.au. Sydney Theatre Company. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  4. "After Dinner By Andrew Bovell (Sat 7th April, 2018 – Sun 29th April, 2018)". broadsheet.com.au. Broadsheet Media. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

Library holdings of After Dinner

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.