An Empty Plate In The Café Du Grand Boeuf
by Michael Hollinger

Name: An Empty Plate In The Café Du Grand Boeuf
Brand: Michael Hollinger
SKU: 9780822217909
Rating: 3.73 (11 reviews)

Off-Broadway

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Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

90 mins 1960s Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes American Comedy

Synopsis

Book by Michael Hollinger

Press Reviews

"Without ever sacrificing the prevailing zaniness of the situation, [Hollinger] flavors it all with enough sadness about dashed hopes and inertia to make this a menu filled with food for thought as well as laughter."
— CurtainUp

"An absurdist tragicomedy... manages to pay homage to Hemingway and Beckett in an often hilarious existential romp."
— Boston Globe

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
VICTOR Perhaps fifty. Ideally, but not necessarily, a big bull of a man.	male	—	Perhaps fifty. Ideally, but not necessarily, a big bull of a man.
CLAUDE Headwaiter, late thirties or forties.	—	—	Headwaiter, late thirties or forties.
MIMI Waitress, thirties. Claude’s wife.	female	—	Waitress, thirties. Claude’s wife.
GASTON Chef, forties.	—	—	Chef, forties.
ANTOINE* Waiter-in-training, late teens or early twenties.	—	—	Waiter-in-training, late teens or early twenties.
MISS BERGER** Perhaps forty. Victor’s beloved.	female	—	Perhaps forty. Victor’s beloved.
** MISS BERGER is called Louise in the script, but the character name should be listed as Miss Berger in the program to perpetuate the mystery of Louise’s absence as long as possible.	—	—	MISS BERGER is called Louise in the script, but the character name should be listed as Miss Berger in the program to perpetuate the mystery of Louise’s absence as long as possible.

Publication

Publisher Dramatists Play Service

Year 2001

Binding Paperback

Pages 72

Place New York

Language English

ISBN-13 9780822217909

ISBN-10 0822217902

LCCN 2006471345

LCC PS3608.O4848 E47 2003

An Empty Plate In The Café Du Grand Boeuf is a American comedy play written by Michael Hollinger and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (2001).