MÓNICA PANADERO
SAYAS
Teatro Inglés
Siglos XIX y XX
Grupo B
THE
KITCHEN
(play in three acts)
AUTHOR:
PUBLISHING:
Faber and Faber
AGE
AND PLACE OF PUBLICATION: 1957,
DRAMATIS
PERSONAE:
Peter:
he is the protagonist, he is German and he is 23 years old.
He is scandalous, aggressive, happy and has a good heart, he
speaks English very well and sees to of the boiled fish. What it
emphasizes more of him is his eccentric laughter. Their
parents died in the war. When
he speaks to somebody tends
to do as if he told a secret to the ear
Hans:
he is a German of 19 years and works in
Frank:
he is 38 years old, he is likeable and apathetic. He is the
second chef and he sees to of the birds. He likes to drink
much and to flirt with all the waiters.
Kevin:
He is Irish, new in the kitchen and he is 22 years old. He
sees to of the fried fish and doesn't like his work since he
bothers the haste of the work and the people who surround to
him
Gaston:
he is 40 years old. Sees to of
grill. Is friend of all
outside the work.
Mangolis:
he sees to cover the plates. He
is very worker but enough
cheek
Paul:
seaman steward. Is Jewish, calm and a good worker and does not
bind with the waiters
Raymond:
also he is seaman steward. He
is just as Paul but with the
difference that is Italian and speaks English
perfectly
Chef:
he is an old man. He does not speak with anybody in the kitchen
since he does not like the confidence that have all. All
don’t mind him because is the best thing that they can
do
Sr.
Marango:
He is 75 years old. He has a
sad expression.
He is the owner of the restaurant and for him the restaurant is
his life
PLOT:
the
play speaks on which is a day in the kitchen of a
restaurant with many clients.
It treats on the relations
between the characters, their subjects of conversation, as they
are smile, their disputes etc.
But it is centered in Peter
and one of the waiters, Monique, with which he has a loving
adventure and he does not matter to him that she is married.
SPACE:
is a unique space since it does not change of scene. The
play is developed in the kitchen of a restaurant
TIME:
the play passes through everything a day, since they open the
restaurant, passing by the break for to eat until arrives the
busy night since to the restaurant all the days go 200
people
LITERARY
RESOURCES: written in prose.
With single
reading it we can know the type of English that it uses and the
accent of each character. Also
take place a personification
since the noises that make the furnaces seem the beats of the
heart and like this the furnaces become the heart of the
kitchen
PERSONAL
OPINION: what I have
more liked of this play is
that is not centered in the plot but in the personality of each
personage and the capacity that they have to be respected at the
time of working although they don’t hold outside the
work