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Separate Tables
Full-Length Play, Drama / 8w, 3m
These two one acts, presented together, depict the hijinks and heartbreak following the residents of a shabby genteel hotel on England's coast. This is 1950s theatre at its finest: chatty, formal and with deliciously oblique subtext.
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Cast Size
8w, 3m -
Duration
120 minutes (2 hours) -
Subgenre
Period -
Suggested Use
- Scene Work
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Target Audience
Appropriate for All Audiences
Accolades
- Nominee: Five Tony Awards, including Best Play
Details
Summary
History
Cast Attributes
Keywords
- Time Period 1950s
- Setting The Beauregard private hotel, Bournemouth, during winter.
- Features Period Costumes
- Additional Features Physical Comedy
- Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Cautions
- Mild Adult Themes
Media
"Rattigan is the theatrical patron saint of repressed feeling, wells of loneliness, situational chat and unspoken desire." - The Guardian
"To his skill as a craftsman, Mr. Rattigan has added understanding and forgiveness. The finest thing he's written." - The New York Times
"Rattigan has created a rich gallery of minor characters." - The Guardian
"Although Mr. Rattigan's literary style is light, his awareness of the dreary lives of his minor characters is poignant." - The New York Times
"Table Number Seven is a masterpiece in miniature." - The New York Times
"Certainly this is the most penetrating inquiry into the human spirit that Mr. Rattigan has yet written." - The New York Times
Videos
Separate Tables at the Salisbury Playhouse
Separate Tables 1958 Film Trailer
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
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