Abigail's Party at San Francisco Playhouse

- Mike Leigh.

Authors

• Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh's classic play, written in 1977, is set in 1970's suburbia, where Beverly and her husband Laurence are hosting a drinks party for their neighbours. There is plenty of alcohol, an array of cheesey-pineapple savoury bites, olives and Demis Roussos on the record player. As prejudices are unmasked and tempers flare, the evening can only end in disaster...