''The Kitchen'' is a 1957 play by

Arnold Wesker Sir Arnold Wesker (24 May 1932 – 12 April 2016) was an English dramatist. He was the author of 50 plays, four volumes of short stories, two volumes of essays, much journalism and a book on the subject, a children's book, some poetry, and oth ...

. It was Wesker's first work which is his most performed play. It has been produced in sixty cities including Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Paris - where it was the first widely recognized production by

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in 1967, Moscow, Montreal and Zurich. The play follows the staff in a cafe's kitchen during the course of a busy morning. A

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appeared in 1961. The play was subject to a major revival at the National Theatre's Olivier Theatre in 2011.

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1957 plays Plays by Arnold Wesker {{1950s-play-stub