After Dinner
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| Author | Andrew Bovell |
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| Cover artist | Emma Vine |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Play |
| Publisher | Currency Press |
Publication date | 1988 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| ISBN | 978-0-86819-518-6 |
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[edit]
An acutely observed but tender-hearted account of relationships and behaviour in a suburban pub bistro on a Friday night.
First Production[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ Andrew Bovell (9 January 2015). "Black comedy served up 'After Dinner'". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ a b "After Dinner (photograph)". unimelb.edu.au. University of Melbourne Library. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "What's On: After Dinner (15 Jan — 7 Mar 2015)". sydneytheatre.com.au. Sydney Theatre Company. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "After Dinner By Andrew Bovell (Sat 7th April, 2018 – Sun 29th April, 2018)". broadsheet.com.au. Broadsheet Media. Retrieved 3 May 2020.