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Dinner (play)

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First performance
  
18 November 2002

Setting
  
England

Original language
  
English language

Date premiered
  
2002

Playwright
  
Genre
  
Comedy

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Similar
  
Moira Buffini plays, Comedies

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Dinner is a 2002 play by the British dramatist Moira Buffini. It premiered at the Royal National Theatre, London on 18 October 2002.

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Original Production

It was first performed at the Royal National Theatre in 2002, with the following cast:

  • Harriet Walter - Paige
  • Nicholas Farrell - Lars
  • Penny Downie - Wynne
  • Adrian Rawlins - Hal
  • Catherine McCormack - Siân
  • Paul Rattray - Mike
  • Christpher Ettridge - The Waiter
  • The director was Fiona Buffini, and the designer was Rachel Blues.

    It was revived at Wyndham's Theatre in December 2003, with Adrian Lukis as Hal, Flora Montgomery as Siân, Paul Kaye as Mike and Paul Sirr as The Waiter; all other parts were played by the original cast.

    Synopsis

    Paige Janssen invites some friends over to dinner to mark the publication of a book, Beyond Belief, written by her husband, Lars. A succession of unusual courses, interrupted by the arrival of an unexpected guest, lead to some surprising revelations and, eventually, to death.

    References

    Dinner (play) Wikipedia