The Kitchen (stage play)

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The Kitchen is a stage play by Arnold Wesker that portrays the hectic, interwoven lives of staff working in a busy London restaurant kitchen.

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instanceOf stage play
adaptationType film adaptation
author Arnold Wesker NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
dramaticStyle kitchen-sink realism NERFINISHED
naturalism
firstPerformanceDate 1959
firstPerformanceLocation London NERFINISHED
firstPerformedAt Royal Court Theatre NERFINISHED
genre drama
social realism
hasAdaptation The Kitchen (film) NERFINISHED
hasCharacter Head Chef
Monique NERFINISHED
Peter NERFINISHED
cooks
kitchen porters
waitresses
hasStageRevival National Theatre production
influenced later ensemble workplace dramas
intendedAudience adult theatre audiences
language English
mainSubject class relations
restaurant staff
working-class life
workplace relationships
medium live theatre
narrativeFocus hectic daily routine in a restaurant kitchen
notableFor detailed depiction of kitchen work
fast-paced overlapping dialogue
large ensemble cast
partOf Arnold Wesker’s early plays
producedBy English Stage Company NERFINISHED
publisher Samuel French NERFINISHED
settingLocation London, England
surface form: London

restaurant kitchen
structure ensemble cast
one-day time span
theme alienation at work
conflict and solidarity among workers
economic insecurity
immigrant labor
personal dreams versus routine
timePeriodOfSetting mid-20th century
writer Arnold Wesker NERFINISHED

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