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Play for two players?

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Topic: Play for two players?

Posted By: n2drama
Subject: Play for two players?
Date Posted: 11/13/09 at 6:02pm

I'm seeking suggestions for a play for two middle-aged characters, male and female. The suggestions here are always great and I appreciate the help.

Regards,

n2d

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Posted By: DWolfman
Date Posted: 11/13/09 at 9:47pm

Here are a few to consider:

http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1227 - The Housekeeper

http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1018 - Frankie and Johnny in the Clair De Lune

http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/140 - Same Time Next Year

http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/cPath/32_36/products_id/234 - The Au Pair Man

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Posted By: Carol
Date Posted: 11/14/09 at 12:35am

How about Norm Foster's "Here on the Flight Path" ( woman plays 3 different characters)?

Posted By: Topper
Date Posted: 11/14/09 at 4:27pm

The Gin Game

Love Letters

Talley's Folly

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"None of us really grow up. All we ever do is learn how to behave in public." -- Keith Johnstone

Posted By: n2drama
Date Posted: 11/14/09 at 6:53pm

Thanks for the suggestions. I've done Love Letters, for Valentine's Dinner this past Valentine's, and I loved it. I'm looking into The Gin Game and The Housekeeper sounds very interesting. I think I'll order a copy of that. Thanks as always.

N2D

Posted By: slicksister
Date Posted: 11/17/09 at 12:48am

Try Marriage Is Murder

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The Main Thing is to Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing

Posted By: Lazy Bee
Date Posted: 11/17/09 at 7:28am

What sort of length of show are you looking for? Any particular genre?

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/cgi-bin/Search_Results.asp?iMM=1&iMF=1&iXM=1&iXF=1&iAR=4&iC%284%29=2&iC%286%29=2&iC%2821%29=1 - The plays on this list are in the 20-40 minutes range. (They aren't filtered for character age, but most of them are suitable.) From the list, I would look in particular at
The Endowment by Susan Scott
A Life Sentence by Mark Seaman

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Posted By: gelcat
Date Posted: 11/17/09 at 9:54am

Riches by Lee Blessing (the basis for the movie The War of the Roses with Micheal Douglas and Kathleen Turner - MEATY

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Posted By: stockhamlj
Date Posted: 11/19/09 at 7:23pm

"Montana Love Story" - a wonderful 2-character play focusing on American artist Charles Russell. In the genre of "Love Letters." Contact playwright Robert L. Yowell at robert.yowell@nau.edu at the Department of Theatre at Northern Arizona University for information on getting a copy of his play.

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Linda Stockham

Posted By: pjturner07
Date Posted: 11/23/09 at 5:39am

"The Four Poster"..follows the marriage of a couple from their 20's to their 60's. I did it a few years back and it was a wonderful vehicle for actors.

Posted By: gelcat
Date Posted: 11/24/09 at 9:18am

I Do! I Do! - I can't remember who this is by, but it's a 2 person musical that follows the relationship from courtship to old age, and the trials that come with being with someone for so long.

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Posted By: Center Stage
Date Posted: 11/28/09 at 8:13am

A comedy called IT HAD TO BE YOU by Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna. Very funny and quirky. Audiences really like it.

Donna

Center Stage, Bronx, NY