Long Christmas Dinner, The
- Short Play, Dramatic Comedy, Christmas/Holiday, 1900-1910, 1920s, 1910s / WWI, 1930s, 19th Century
- 5M, 7F
- ISBN: 9780573662829
The Long Christmas Dinner - nine decades long - showcases the lives of several generations of the Bayard family, and some of their Christmas dinners.
Description
- Short Play
- Dramatic Comedy, Christmas/Holiday
- 40 minutes
- Time Period: 1900-1910, 1920s, 1910s / WWI, 1930s, 19th Century
- Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
- Cautions: No Special Cautions
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student, Church / Religious Groups
As generations appear, have children, wither, and depart, only the audience appreciates what changes and what remains the same. “Every last twig is wrapped around with ice. You almost never see that,” young Genevieve marvels, not realizing that her mother made this observation years earlier, or that her daughter-in-law will one day do the same.
The Long Christmas Dinner was first produced November 25, 1931 in a joint performance by the Yale Dramatic Association and the Vassar Philaletheis at the Yale University theater in New Haven, Connecticut, along with Love and How to Cure It, Such Things Only Happen in Books, and The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden.
Characters
- Casting: 5M, 7F
- Casting Attributes: Local Celebrity Cameo, Ensemble cast, Flexible casting, Non-Traditional casting, Parts for Senior Actors, Roles for Teens, Roles for Multicultural Casting, Expandable casting, Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)
RODERICK - Mother Bayard's son
MOTHER BAYARD
COUSIN BRANDON
CHARLES - Lucia and Roderick's son
GENEVIEVE - Lucia and Roderick's daughter
LEONORA BANNING - Charles's wife
LUCIA - Leonora and Charles's daughter, Samuel's twin
SAMUEL - Leonora and Charles's son, Lucia's twin
RODERICK - Leonora and Charles's youngest son
COUSIN ERMENGARDE
SERVANTS
NURSES
Available Material
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Long Christmas Dinner, The Script
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The Long Christmas Dinner – nine decades long – showcases the lives of several generations of the Bayard family, and some of their Christmas dinners. Wilder breaks the boundaries of time as we measure it, and invites us to partake of “one long, happy Christmas dinner” – past, present, and future. |
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