''The Kitchen'' is a 1957 play by Arnold Wesker. It was Wesker's first work and is his most performed play. It has been produced in sixty cities including Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Paris (where it was the first widely recognised production by

Théâtre du Soleil Le Théâtre du Soleil (, "The Theater of the Sun") is a Parisian avant-garde stage ensemble founded by Ariane Mnouchkine, Philippe Léotard and fellow students of the ''L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq'' in 1964 as a collective ...

in 1967), Moscow, Montreal and Zurich. The play follows the staff in a cafe's kitchen during the course of a busy morning. It has been adapted as a film twice: '' The Kitchen'' (1961) and '' La cocina'' (2024). 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