My Dinner with André (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: André Gregory, Wallace Shawn
- First Published: 1981
- Type of Work: Screenplay
- Type of Plot: Play of ideas
- Time of Work: The late 1970’s
- Setting: New York City
- Genres: Drama, Problem play
- Subjects: Values, 1970’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Philosophy or philosophers, New York City, Art or artists, Religion, God, Mysticism, Drama or dramatists, Dinners or dining
- Locales: New York, NY
Characters Discussed
Wally, played in the 1981 film by Wallace Shawn, who meets André Gregory for dinner after not communicating with him for several years. A thirty-six-year-old playwright and actor who grew up in wealthy circumstances on the Upper East Side of New York, he has lived in the city all of his life. As a youth, he was obsessed with art and music, but as an adult, he has become very concerned with money as well. Once a teacher of Latin, he has been living with Debby, his girlfriend, for some time. Wally has only reluctantly agreed to meet with André, because he...
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