Dinner

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Dinner
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Moira Buffini
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:128
Dimensions(mm): Height 193,Width 126
Category/GenrePlays, playscripts
ISBN/Barcode 9780571218516
ClassificationsDewey:822.92
Audience
General
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 2 December 2002
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

'It's my creation - like Frankenstein s monster.'An artist, a scientist and a sexpot are coming to dinner. Paige, hostess extraordinaire, is celebrating the publication of her husband s bestseller. The arrival of Mike, marooned in the foggy lane after crashing his van, provides an unexpected addition to the evening's entertainment. A silent waiter, sourced from an obscure website, completes the picture. Primordial Soup is first on the menu let the dinner from hell begin.A wonderful comedy chiller, with blood on the carpet before bedtime.Dinner was premi red at the Royal National Theatre's Loft space in November 2002.

Author Biography

Moira Buffini's plays include Blavatsky's Tower (Machine Room), Gabriel (Soho Theatre), Silence (Birmingham Rep), Loveplay (Royal Shakespeare Company), Dinner (National Theatre and West End), Dying for It, adapted from The Suicide by Nikolai Erdman (Almeida), A Vampire Story (NT Connections), Marianne Dreams (Almeida), Welcome to Thebes (National Theatre), Handbagged (Tricycle Theatre and West End), wonder.land (National Theatre), NW Trilogy (Kiln Theatre) and Manor (National Theatre). Screenplays include Jane Eyre, Tamara Drewe, Byzantium and The Dig.