The Dining Room Play

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The dining room play.

Gurney presented by generic theatre co. At george washington university fall 2010. It s a series of wealthy white folks and their family dra this is the fall play at the ft s high school so of course i. The play is a comedy of manners set in a single dining room where 18 scenes from different households overlap and intertwine.

Presumably each story is focused around a different family during different time periods who has in their possession the same dining room furniture set manufactured in 1898. The play is a comedy of manners set in a single dining room where 18 scenes from different households overlap and intertwine. The people who populate these scenes aren t related but they very well could be. The dining room characters breakdowns including full descriptions with standard casting requirements and expert analysis.

Gurney wants to create a feeling of a dining room existing in a void whatever events happened before or happen after a particular scene do not matter. 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 dining room written by a r. The play is broken up into short vignettes that provide a slice of life view of many different families.

The play can be done with as few as six actors playing as many as ten different characters. Gurney s attempt to take an in depth look into the lives of a vanishing species. The dining room is a two act play consisting of 18 distinct scenes that utilizes theatrical conventions such as pantomime non linear timelines double triple quadruple casting and minimal costumes and set playwright a r. Join stageagent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities.

Presumably each story is focused around a different family during different time periods who has in their possession the same dining room furniture set manufactured in 1898. The dining room was a vanishing institution when gurney first wrote the play and it s not as if the middle class got any more solid since then. Dramatists play service inc 1982 drama 88 pages 0 reviews the story.