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The Two Character Play (Out Cry)
Full-Length Play, Drama / 1w, 1m
Reality and fantasy are interwoven with terrifying power in one of Tennessee Williams’ most personal, mystifying, haunting, provocative, and oftern funny works.
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Cast Size
1w, 1m -
Duration
120 minutes (2 hours) -
Subgenre
Experimental -
Target Audience
Adult
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Summary
Finding themselves deserted by their troupe and faced with an audience expecting a performance, actor/siblings Clare and Felice enact The Two-Character Play. As they dip in and out of performance, they find it difficult to differentiate themselves from their roles and reality from illusion. Also known as "Out Cry".
A part of the collection The Theatre of Tennessee Williams Vol. 5.
History
The Two Character Play premiered at the Quaigh Theatre in New York City in August 1975 under the direction of Bill Lentsch.
Cast Attributes
- Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
Media
REVIEWS
“The Two-Character Play, Tennessee Williams’s rarely seen fever dream of an eternal folie à deux, [doesn't] just strike sparks. [It's] a raging conflagration that keeps changing form and direction." - The New York Times
"Williams expanded his vision of theatre as a protean art, plastic and political, as fluid as film and as structurally solid as sculpture." - The New Yorker
"The writing feels almost avant-garde at times, but the author isn’t some young hot shot from the Yale School of Drama — it’s Tennessee Williams. “The Two-Character Play,” ... may not be among his masterpieces, but its Gothic-grotesque vibe weaves a compelling spell..." - New York Post
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
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