Dinner with Friends (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Donald Margulies
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: The 1990’s, with a flashback to twelve years earlier
- Setting: Connecticut and Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
- Principal Characters: Gabe, Karen, Tom, Beth
- Genres: Domestic realism, Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Marriage, Friendship, Adultery, Divorce, Separation
- Locales: Connecticut, Massachusetts
The Play
A two-act play, Dinner with Friends intertwines the lives of Gabe and Karen, food writers, and their close friends Tom and his wife Beth. Act 1 opens over dinner in Gabe and Karen’s kitchen on a snowy evening in Connecticut. Tom is away on business, and Beth sits quietly as Gabe and Karen animatedly describe their recent excursion to Italy. In between descriptions of the old Italian cook and her pasta pomodoro, and shouts from the children upstairs, the scene is one of warm, if somewhat fussy, banter about food and travel. Beth soon dissolves into tears...
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