The Dining Room By Ar Gurney

Each story is focused on a different family during different time periods each of which has in its possession the same dining room furniture set manufactured in 1898.

The dining room by ar gurney. It s an interesting script to read and an even more fascinating play to watch. Some scenes are about the furniture itself and the emotional. It was first produced off broadway at the studio theatre of playwrights horizons in 1981. Gurney sets out to answer both of these questions with a play he penned in 1981 called the dining room.

It s a play written for the playwright. The stories are about white anglo saxon protestant wasp families. This isn t a play that is written for the audience. New book findings by american composer and.

The dining room is a play by the american playwright a. The dining roomis 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. The dining room a play by the american playwright a. Make no mistake though.

Gurney jr is a comedy of manners set in a single dining room where 18 scenes from different households overlap and intertwine.