The Kitchen
Kitchen, The Author: Arnold Wesker
First Performance: 1959, London
Published: 1959; rev. 1961
Genre: Drama in 2 acts
Setting: Kitchen of a London restaurant, 1950s
Cast: 18m, 12f
The action follows a day in the kitchen of the Tivoli, a busy London restaurant, owned by Mr Marango. The play begins with the night porter lighting the ovens, while staff from different backgrounds (German, French, Cypriot, Italian, Jewish, Irish, and English) get ready for the day's work. They argue, flirt, and joke together. One of the cooks Peter, a German, is having an affair with one of the waitresses Monique, but she is uncertain about leaving her husband. We then see the cooks preparing meals, and, as the first guests arrive for lunch, waitresses appearing from the unseen dining room with orders. The tempo and heat increase,...
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