Read The Dining Room - Books Library

The Dining Room

A.R. Gurney

4.9/5 (16210 ratings)

Description: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 as they portray a wide variety of characters, from little boys to stern grandfathers, and from giggling teenage girls to Irish housemaids. Each vignette introduces a new set of people and events; a father lectures his son on grammar and politics; a boy returns from boarding school to discover his mother's infidelity; a senile grandmother doesn't recognize her own sons at Christmas dinner; a daughter, her marriage a shambles, pleads futilely to return home, etc. Dovetailing swiftly and smoothly, the varied scenes coalesce, ultimately, into a theatrical experience of exceptional range, compassionate humor and abundant humanity.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Dining Room. To get started finding The Dining Room, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Release: —

ISBN: 0822203103

Description: 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 as they portray a wide variety of characters, from little boys to stern grandfathers, and from giggling teenage girls to Irish housemaids. Each vignette introduces a new set of people and events; a father lectures his son on grammar and politics; a boy returns from boarding school to discover his mother's infidelity; a senile grandmother doesn't recognize her own sons at Christmas dinner; a daughter, her marriage a shambles, pleads futilely to return home, etc. Dovetailing swiftly and smoothly, the varied scenes coalesce, ultimately, into a theatrical experience of exceptional range, compassionate humor and abundant humanity.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Dining Room. To get started finding The Dining Room, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

The Dining Room

The Dining Room

More Books

Love Letters

Love Letters

Plays by A. R. Gurney: Love Letters, the Dining Room, Sylvia, Another Antigone, Sweet Sue, Crazy Mary, Children, the Fourth Wall, Far East

Plays by A. R. Gurney: Love Letters, the Dining Room, Sylvia, Another Antigone, Sweet Sue, Crazy Mary, Children, the Fourth Wall, Far East

[Love Letters] (By: A.R. Gurney) [published: December, 1998]

[Love Letters] (By: A.R. Gurney) [published: December, 1998]

Love Letters and Two Other Plays: The Golden Age, What I Did Last Summer (Plume Drama)

Love Letters and Two Other Plays: The Golden Age, What I Did Last Summer (Plume Drama)

Sylvia

Sylvia

Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter (Volume 2) (James Gurney Art)

Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter (Volume 2) (James Gurney Art)

Another Antigone

Another Antigone

The Cocktail Hour

The Cocktail Hour

[(Sylvia * * )] [Author: A.R. Gurney] [Dec-1996]

[(Sylvia * * )] [Author: A.R. Gurney] [Dec-1996]