The Dinner Party
by Neil Simon

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Highlights

90 mins Present Day Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American Comedy

Synopsis

Comedy / Characters: 3 male 3 female

Scenery: Interior

Here is a decidedly French dinner party served up in a chaotic mode that only a master of comedy could create.

Five people are invited to dine at a first rate restaurant in Paris.

They do not know who the other guests will be or why they have been invited.

Tossed together in a private dining room they have a sneaking suspicion that this unorthodox dinner party will forever change their lives.

John Ritter and Henry Winkler starred in th

Press Reviews

"A blizzard of one liners... The audience can bank on some good laughs."

— New York Daily News

"Frequently hilarious but also dangerously serious... An invitation you'll be glad you accepted."

— New York Post

Characters

Character
Yvonne Fouchet
Gabrielle Buonocelli
Mariette Levieux
Claude Pichon
Albert Donay
Andre Bouville

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The Dinner Party - Andre Bouville's Entrance

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 2010
Binding Paperback
Edition 1st Paperback Ed
Pages 70
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573628313
ISBN-10 0573628319
LCCN 2006491980
LCC PS3537.I663 D56 2002

The Dinner Party is a American comedy play written by Neil Simon and published by Samuel French in New York (2010).

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