Black Comedy & Dinner for One
January 2013
Black Comedy is an explosive farce by Peter Shaffer. When a fuse blows for an impoverished sculptor, all hell breaks loose, as characters and secrets unravel in the dark. A theatrical tour de force that Shaffer sets up ingeniously, with the hilarious horror unfolding before your eyes.
Dinner for One, also known as The 90th Birthday, is a comedy sketch written by British author Lauri Wylie for the theatre in the 1920’s. It is the 90th birthday of elderly Upper-class Englishwoman Miss Sophie, who hosts a celebration dinner every year for her friends. The problem is that due to her considerable age, she has outlived all of her friends, and so her equally aged manservant James, makes his way around the table, impersonating each of the guests in turn. In an increasing state of inebriation, James must drink toasts for the birthday girl in the name of all the absent friends.
Dinner for One, also known as The 90th Birthday, is a comedy sketch written by British author Lauri Wylie for the theatre in the 1920’s. It is the 90th birthday of elderly Upper-class Englishwoman Miss Sophie, who hosts a celebration dinner every year for her friends. The problem is that due to her considerable age, she has outlived all of her friends, and so her equally aged manservant James, makes his way around the table, impersonating each of the guests in turn. In an increasing state of inebriation, James must drink toasts for the birthday girl in the name of all the absent friends.
