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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.
An acutely observed but tender-hearted account of relationships and behaviour in a suburban pub bistro on a Friday night.
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
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