After Dinner

After Dinner
AuthorAndrew Bovell
Cover artistEmma Vine
LanguageEnglish
GenrePlay
PublisherCurrency Press
Publication date
1988
Publication placeAustralia
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. ^ a b "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.

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