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Title and Deed

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  1m

Will Eno

A stunning monologue which is a haunting and often fiercely funny meditation on life as a state of permanent exile.

Title and Deed

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1m
  • Duration
    Duration
    75 Minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
Accolades
Accolades
  • 2013 Lucille Lortel Award Nomination - Outstanding Solo Show

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Summary
"Behold the newest nobody of the funniest century yet. He's almost Christ-like, from a distance, in terms of height and weight. Listen closely or drift off uncontrollably, as he speaks to you directly about the notion of home, about the notion of the world. All of it delivered with the authority that is the special province of the unsure and the un-homed, which is a word he made up accidentally. The running time, if he doesn't die or think of anything else, is roughly one hour. Title and Deed is a provocative new work by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Horton Foote Prize winner Will Eno, whom The New York Times called "a Samuel Beckett for the Jon Stewart generation.""
History
Title and Deed premiered in New York City at the Signature Theatre in 2012, under the direction of Judy Hegarty Lovett. 
Keywords
Performing Groups
MAN - the newest nobody of the funniest century yet.
  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Setting a stage
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No Intermission
  • Duration 75 Minutes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Media

" Leaves you happily word-drunk! Georgeously and inventively wrought. Haunting and often fiercely funny." - New York Times, Read More

"Daring, spectacular and hilarious! Stage poetry of a high order!" - The New Yorker, Read More

"Pensive, lyrical, deeply funny and profoundly sad. [Title and Deed] puts a hex on the audience!" - Variety, Read More

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Authors

Will Eno

Will Eno

Playwright Will Eno recently completed the Residency Five Fellowship at the Signature Theatre, which premiered his play Title and Deed in 2012,  The Open House in 2014, and Wakey, Wakey in 2017. Will’s play The Underlying Chris premiered at 2nd Stage Theatre in October 2019, ...

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