The Dining Room (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: A. R. Gurney
- First Published: 1982
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: Approximately 1930 to 1980
- Setting: A dining room, somewhere in the Northeastern United States
- Principal Characters: Father, Mother, Girl, Boy, Grace, Carolyn, Architect, Peggy, Grandfather, Nick, Old Lady, Aunt Harriet, Tony, Jim, Meg, Standish, Harvey, Ruth, Annie, A Dining Room Table
- Genres: Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: 1950’s, Values, 1960’s, 1970’s, Family or family life, United States or Americans, Tradition, 1940’s, 1930’s, 1980’s, Servants, WASPs, Furniture, Dinners or dining
- Locales: Northeast (U.S.)
The Story:
An unnamed real estate agent and her client discussed the possible uses of the dining room in an old house available for sale. Although the client expressed some sentimental interest in the room, he declined to make an offer on the home, and the two planned to look elsewhere.
At a different time and place, the siblings Arthur and Sally argued over which of them would get the dining room table left behind by their widowed mother, who had moved to Florida. The issue remained unresolved, and the Father, a precise, finicky man, started complaining to Annie, the...
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