Dealer's Choice (play)

Dealer's Choice
Dealer's Choice Play Cover
Written byPatrick Marber
CharactersCarl
Sweeney
Ash
Frankie
Stephen
Mugsy
(Tony)
Date premieredFebruary 1995
Place premieredRoyal National Theatre
Original languageEnglish
SubjectGambling and the consequences of it
SettingA small restaurant in London

Dealer's Choice is a play by Patrick Marber first performed at the Royal National Theatre (Cottesloe) in London in February 1995 where it won both the 1995 Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy and the Writers' Guild Award for Best West End Play.[1]

It is set in a restaurant in London in the mid-1990s. The action takes place over three acts. The third act centres on a game of poker.

The original cast included Nicholas Day, Nigel Lindsay, Phil Daniels, Tom Georgeson, David Bark-Jones and Ray Winstone.