After Dinner

{{Short description|1988 play by Andrew Bovell}}

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| name = After Dinner

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| image = After Dinner, by Andrew Bovell - cover image.jpg

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| author = Andrew Bovell

| cover_artist = Emma Vine

| country = Australia

| language = English

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| genre = Play

| publisher = Currency Press

| release_date = 1988

| media_type = Print (Paperback)

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| isbn = 978-0-86819-518-6

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After Dinner is a play by Australian playwright Andrew Bovell. It was Bovell's first play, written in 1984, when he lived in Carlton, Melbourne.{{cite news |author=Andrew Bovell |date=9 January 2015 |title=Black comedy served up 'After Dinner' |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/black-comedy-served-up-after-dinner-20150106-12iarf.html |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |accessdate=3 May 2020}}

After Dinner was first performed at La Mama Theatre in 1988, and went on to be performed throughout Australia.

It is still regularly performed.{{cite web |url=https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/whats-on/productions/2015/after-dinner |title=What's On: After Dinner (15 Jan — 7 Mar 2015) |website=sydneytheatre.com.au |publisher=Sydney Theatre Company |accessdate=3 May 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.broadsheet.com.au/adelaide/event/after-dinner-andrew-bovell |title=After Dinner By Andrew Bovell (Sat 7th April, 2018 – Sun 29th April, 2018) |website=broadsheet.com.au |publisher=Broadsheet Media |accessdate=3 May 2020}}