The Kitchen (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Arnold Wesker
- First Published: 1960
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Protest
- Time of Work: The 1950’s
- Setting: London, England
- Genres: Social realism, Drama, Problem play
- Subjects: 1950’s, Class conflict, Racism, England or English people, Greed, Working class, London, Capitalism, Employment or employees
- Locales: London, England
Characters Discussed
Peter, a twenty-three-year-old cook specializing in fish. He is German but has been working for three years at the Tivoli, a London restaurant at which the play is set. He gradually assumes the dominant role in the play, mainly because of his nervous, excitable energy, which becomes manic in the end, with his smashing the kitchen’s gas supply and crockery with a chopper. He is quarrelsome and jealous, with an almost hysterical laugh that suggests basic emotional instability. As the play opens, he has had a fight with Gaston; as the play progresses, his...
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