"The Dining Room", ein Spiel des amerikanischen Spielmädlers A. R. Gurney, Jr., ist eine Komödie von Manieren, die in einem einzigen Esszimmer eingerichtet ist, wo 18 Szenen aus verschiedenen Haushalten überlappen und ineinander greifen. Jede Geschichte richtet sich auf eine andere Familie (während verschiedener Zeiträume), von denen jede im Besitz des gleichen Esszimmers besteht, das 1898 hergestellt wurde. Die Geschichten sind über die Familien der Weiß-Angel-Sachsischen Protestanten (WASP). Einige Szenen sind über die Möbel selbst und die emotionale Bindung zu ihm, während andere Szenen einfach die Kultur der WASPs hervorbringen. Insgesamt erzählt er die Geschichte der sterbenden und relativ kurzlebigen Kultur der Amerikaner der Obermittelklasse und den Übergang in eine viel effizientere Gesellschaft mit weniger Betonung auf Tradition und mehr Betonung auf den Fortschritt. Einige Charaktere machen Spaß, ebenso wie die Kultur selbst, aber es gibt auch eine echte Sehnsucht nach dem Gefühl von Stabilität, Komfort und Zweisamkeit, die die Kultur bietet.
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Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Set in the dining room of a typical well-to-do household, The Dining Room is a mosaic of interrelated scenes - some funny, some touching, some rueful - which, taken together, create an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species: the upper-middle-class WASP. The actors change roles, personalities and ages with virtuoso skill as they portray a wide variety of characters, from little boys to stern grandfathers, and from giggling teenage girls to Irish housemaids. Each vignette introduces a new set of people and events: a father lectures his son on grammar and politics; a boy returns from boarding school to discover his mother's infidelity; a senile grandmother doesn't recognize her own sons at Christmas dinner; a daughter, her marriage a shambles, pleads futilely to return home. Dovetailing swiftly and smoothly, the varied scenes coalesce, ultimately, into a theatrical experience of exceptional range, compassionate humor and abundant humanity. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 00107331117
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