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The Two of Us is a 1970 play by British playwright Michael Frayn. It consists of four one-act plays for two actors and is Frayn's first published play. It was first performed at the Garrick Theatre by Richard Briers and Lynn Redgrave. The four plays that make up The Two of Us are:
Educating Rita is a stage comedy by British playwright Willy Russell.It is a play for two actors set entirely in the office of an Open University tutor.. Commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Educating Rita premièred at The Warehouse, London, in June 1980 starring Julie Walters and Mark Kingston.
The play is a performance favorite for busy name actors, for it requires little preparation, and lines need not be memorized. It was first performed by the playwright himself with Holland Taylor at the New York Public Library, [2] then opened in 1988 at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, with Joanna Gleason and John Rubinstein. [3]
The Two-Character Play (also known as Out Cry in one of its alternate versions) is an American play by Tennessee Williams that premiered in London at the Hampstead Theatre in December 1967. [1] [2] [3] Williams himself had great affection for the play, and described it as follows: "My most beautiful play since Streetcar, the very heart of my ...
In 1985 "The Ugly Duckling" was adapted by Simon Johnston for two actors and a music trio ( www.simonjohnston.ca ). It was commissioned by Laura Schlessinger, artistic director of Music Mosaic (The New Concert Theatre Society) based in Canmore Alberta. Allan Bell composed the music and Bev Ross wrote the libretto.
Passion Play is a 1981 play by British playwright Peter Nichols dealing with adultery and betrayal, unusual in that the two leading characters are each portrayed by two actors for public speech and private thoughts.
Douglas Hodge directed Robert Glenister and Rufus Sewell in a 15-minute film version, released in 2003 by Alcove Entertainment. [1]Victoria Station was among the short works included in a 2007 London production entitled Pinter's People, in which Bill Bailey played the minicab controller and Kevin Eldon played the cab driver. [2]
Marriage Play was produced Off-Broadway by the Signature Theatre Company, running from October 1, 1993, to October 31, 1993. Directed by James Houghton, the cast was Kathleen Butler (Gillian) and Tom Klunis (Jack). [4] The play was produced in London at the National Theatre, Cottesloe Theatre, in a double bill with Finding the Sun, in May