Abigail's Party

Abigail's Party (1977)

Beverly and Laurence are entertaining their new neighbours, Angela and Tony as well as Sue, whose teenage daughter, Abigail, is having a party. Over drinks and small talk, class differences and relationship difficulties emerge.

Date of release
1977-11-01
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (46)
Runtime
1h 47m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, TV Movie
Director
Mike Leigh
Collection
Mike Leigh's Play For Today

Casting

Interesting facts

Abigail's Party is a play for stage and television, devised and directed in 1977 by Mike Leigh. It is a suburban situation comedy of manners, and a satire on the aspirations and tastes of the new middle class that emerged in Britain in the 1970s. The play developed in lengthy improvisations during which Mike Leigh explored the characters with the actors, but did not always reveal the incidents that would occur during the play. The production opened in April 1977 at the Hampstead Theatre, and returned after its initial run in the summer of 1977, for 104 performances in all.

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