The Kitchen

 

The kitchen

Arnold Wesker

A play in two acts.

1961.

 

CHARACTERS

 

      Peter, he is the main character.  He is a German man who loves Monique, a waitress of the restaurant, but she is married another man and Peter is afraid of him.

 

      There are many other characters but they are a lot of, waitress, cookers, butchers, the boss.

 

      For example Kevin and Monique the new workers in the kitchen, they want to demonstrate that they can make all the things; they are very workers.

 

      Mr. Marlango, he is the boss of all of them, he would not need to go to the restaurant (Tivoli) but he loves his restaurant and for this reason he goes always.

 

PLOT

 

      Wesker wants to show us a day in a kitchen of a restaurant. In this play there are many characters and they are of different countries, German, Jew…The play represents a normal day of work, all people are working in their places and they do not have time to speak with the other. At the beginning they are talking about the fight between Peter and Gaston.  Also we know that Peter is in love with Monique, but she is married another man and she is pregnant. There are two new workers that are very exhausted because they have a lot of work.

 

CRITIC

 

I think that Wesker shows us a day in a kitchen perfectly, the ambitions of ones, the loves of others, there is a mix of things that in the real life occurs in a lot of times. He shows the real life in a very good way, I really feel related with the characters.

I actually love this play, because I feel represented due to I work in a restaurant.