After Dinner Explained

After Dinner
Author:	Andrew Bovell
Cover Artist:	Emma Vine
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Genre:	Play
Publisher:	Currency Press
Release 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, and went on to be performed throughout Australia.

It is still regularly performed.^{[2] [3]}

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^[4] 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

External links

Library holdings of After Dinner

Notes and References

1. News: Andrew Bovell . 9 January 2015 . Black comedy served up 'After Dinner' . Sydney Morning Herald . 3 May 2020.
2. Web site: What's On: After Dinner (15 Jan — 7 Mar 2015) . sydneytheatre.com.au . Sydney Theatre Company . 3 May 2020.
3. Web site: After Dinner By Andrew Bovell (Sat 7th April, 2018 – Sun 29th April, 2018) . broadsheet.com.au . Broadsheet Media . 3 May 2020.
4. Web site: After Dinner (photograph) . unimelb.edu.au . University of Melbourne Library . 3 May 2020.