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Abigail's Party

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Synopsis

Abigail’s Party features Beverly (Alison Steadman) a bitingly funny hostess of a dainty evening party at which her husband has the ultimate bad taste of having a heart attack on her new living room carpet. Unable to decide which is more important, her dying husband or her new, very expensive carpet, Abigail must come to terms with where her true priorities lie.

Review

Steadman stars as an overwrought hostess of a small get-together with the neighbors. Clearly adapted from the stage, the action is filmed on video and never leaves the claustrophobic confines of her living room. As she and her guests top off with gin and tonic after gin and tonic, the sparks begin to fly and her highly strung husband becomes all the more agitated. While the piece is filled with several hilarious moments, the overall tenor becomes more and more nerve-wracking due to Steadman's almost fascistic insistence that her guests "drink up."