The Perfect Party
by A R Gurney, Albert Ramsdell Gurney

Name: The Perfect Party
Brand: A R Gurney
SKU: 9780822208860
Rating: 3.5 (16 reviews)

The Perfect Party Book Cover — The Perfect Party Cover

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

Interior Set American Comedy

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the humor and clever dialogue in the play, enjoying the exaggerated characters and plot. However, some find the ending rushed and feel that it could become overly preachy, which detracts from their overall experience.

Clever dialogue Funny moments Interesting premise Ending feels rushed

Synopsis

THE STORY: Tony, a professor of American literature (and a quintessential WASP), has given up his teaching post to stage a party to end all parties.

He has invited people from all walks of American life to attend, as if to demonstrate that even if

Press Reviews

"…it is surely Mr. Gurney’s funniest, meanest and most theatrical play yet. What a pleasure it is to watch a veteran writer step out, at some risk, into the unexpected.” —The New York Times. “…it does offer an evening in the theatre that is as close to perfection as…we are likely to get.” —New York Post. “Mr. Gurney is one of our wittiest writers, his ear sharply attuned to fatuities, and he is almost always very funny when he tries to be.” —The New Yorker. “As always in a Gurney journey, a real writer is at the wheel. The dialogue snaps and crackles with wickedly knowing observations…"
— Variety