Don't Dress For Dinner
by Marc Camoletti, Robin Hawdon

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Highlights

120 minsPresent DayEnsemble CastInterior SetContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesBritishComedy

What readers are saying

Many readers find the play to be very funny and enjoyable, enjoying its comedic elements and pacing. However, some express concerns about the originality and pacing, suggesting it might benefit from a strong cast to enhance the experience.

Hilarious and entertainingGreat comedic timingEngaging with a strong castFeels repetitive at times

Synopsis

In a renovated French farmhouse about a two-hour drive from Paris, Bernard is hoping to send his wife, Jacqueline, to her mother's for the weekend, in hopes he can romance his mistress, Suzanne, a Parisian model.

Bernard has hired a Cordon Bleu cook, Suzette, and as an alibi invited his friend Robert to dinner.

Press Reviews

"Hurtling along at the speed of light, this breathtaking farce is a near faultless piece of theatrical invention. Within seconds we are drawn into a delicious web of marital treachery which accelerates with classic symmetry to an all-star denouement."

— The Guardian

"The labyrinthine twists and turns are liberally sprinkled with jokes, amiably roared to keep everyone giggling... It gives the whole cast the chance to enjoy themselves going over the top... The performance is a delight."

— Daily Telegraph

"I feared it would be boring-boring, but it isn't-isn't. It's a nifty comedy farce about double adultery and gourmet cooking... I can't think of a better way of forgetting the recession."

— Sunday Times

"I found myself having two of the most rib-tickling hilarious hours I have spent in the theatre in some time. It’s amazing what the right combination of smart writing, polished acting and slick direction can do to energize a tired genre... A textbook example of how to create the perfect farce."

— Chicago Style Magazine

"The good times are back at the Royal George Theatre... A series of rib-rousing strokes. All night long. Better yet, you don’t have to suspend your intelligence... In a comedy of confusion that almost collapses under the weight of duplicity, mistaken identity, and extramarital affairs, but somehow stays in the air like a precarious but well-built souffle."

— Chicago Tribune

Publication

PublisherSamuel French
Year1992
BindingPaperback
Pages134
PlaceLondon
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780573017483
ISBN-100573017484
LCCN93119879
LCCPS3558.A798 D66 1992
DCC812/.54

Don't Dress For Dinner is a British comedy play written by Marc Camoletti and published by Samuel French in London (1992).

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Samuel French · 1992 · 134 pp

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