The Cocktail Party The Cocktail Party The Cocktail Party is a play by T. S. Eliot. Elements of the play are based on "Alcestis", by the Ancient Greek playwright Euripides. The play was the most popular of Eliot's seven plays in his lifetime, although his 1935 play, "Murder in the Cathedral", is better remembered today. It was written while Eliot was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1948. "The Cocktail Party" was first performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 1949. In 1950 the play had successful runs in London and New York theaters (the Broadway production received the 1950
The Museum of the American Cocktail newsletter, and an annual journal titled "Mixologist." In May 2006, the Museum published "The Museum of the American Cocktail Pocket Recipe Guide," a pocket-sized book of cocktail tips, techniques and 100 classic recipes, including by Jerry Thomas of mid-19th century New York, considered the "father of American mixology." The Museum returned to New Orleans in July 2008. Its new home is in the Southern Food and Beverage Museum, since 2014 located in the former Dryades Street Market at 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard. Museum hours are Wednesday through Monday, 11:00 AM to 5:30 PM. The Museum of the American Cocktail