The Long Christmas Dinner

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The Long Christmas Dinner is a play in one act written by American novelist and playwright Thornton Wilder in 1931. In its first published form, it was included in the volume "The Long Christmas Dinner and Other Plays in One Act".

[edit] Characters

The characters, as they are listed in the script:

  • Lucia
  • Mother Bayard
  • Roderick
  • Cousin Brandon
  • Charles, son of Roderick and Lucia
  • Genevieve, daughter of Roderick and Lucia
  • The Nurse
  • Leonora, wife of Charles
  • Ermengarde
  • Sam, son of Charles and Leonora
  • Lucia II, daughter of Charles and Leonora
  • Roderick II, son of Charles and Leonora

[edit] Plot

The play takes place at the Bayard family's Christmas dinner table over the course of ninety years. The play's action follows the family through four generations in accelerated action.

[edit] Performance History

It was first performed jointly by the Yale Dramatic Association and The Vassar Philaletheis.

Currently, Samuel French, Inc., owns the rights to The Long Christmas Dinner.

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