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Post by greyelf on Mar 14, 2017 19:05:11 GMT
Hi there, I am starting up a theatre company, of which I am the director, with two actors, and I'm looking for a play that would make for an appropriate two-man show, hopefully to be toured around local venues and ultimately the fringe. For the sake of believability I would like to cast the actors as roles within their playing age (not worried about accents, though the actors are both English). Please no plays with female characters, simply because I have to work with only who I have available, and no more than two characters unless the actors playing multiple parts is appropriate to the piece.
The one play I have found, and am currently considering as an option, is 'Milked' by Simon Longman.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions you folks can give,
greyelf
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 19:21:47 GMT
Puppetry of the Penis?
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Post by lynette on Mar 14, 2017 19:32:19 GMT
Is that any way to welcome a new member ?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 19:32:54 GMT
Sorry, I couldn't resist that! In case they don't measure up there's always Pinter's Dumb Waiter? Albee's Zoo Story? (Not sure if they're the ages you really want...)
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Post by foxa on Mar 14, 2017 19:34:23 GMT
Ooh, I like challenges like this. How about 'Zoo Story' by Edward Albee?
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Post by foxa on Mar 14, 2017 19:37:11 GMT
'True West' it made John Malkovich's name.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 19:40:10 GMT
What's the play about two young men who have committed a murder together? Features a suitcase onstage throughout (which we believe contains the body...)
EDIT: Rope by Patrick Hamilton (based on the Leopold and Loeb case)
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Post by Xanderl on Mar 14, 2017 19:43:17 GMT
A Breakfast of Eels by Robert Holman
Thrill Me (musical based on Leopold and Loeb - maybe what Caiphas is thinking of? I think the play of Rope has more characters)
Over There by Mark Ravenhill (identical twins!)
Written for two male actors playing multiple parts -
Patrick Barlow's shows for National Theatre of Brent (The Messiah, The Wonder of Sex, Love on the Throne)
Stones in His Pockets
A Number (fails on the age criteria though)
There are others but not a huge number! Samuel French and Nick Hern's websites will let you search by cast size and gender, incidentally.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 19:48:43 GMT
Is that any way to welcome a new member ? Well I've come up with a couple of suggestions off the top of my head, not to mention a bit of a jest, lynette, which is more than you've managed! EDIT- just realised that you might be trying to upstage my little joke... member...   |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 19:50:23 GMT
The Woman in Black... (again the ages aren't ideal.)
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 14, 2017 19:54:54 GMT
Is that any way to welcome a new member ? Well I've come up with a couple of suggestions off the top of my head, not to mention a bit of a jest, lynette, which is more than you've managed! EDIT- just realised that you might be trying to upstage my little joke... member... Do try and keep up, dear. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 14, 2017 19:55:31 GMT
The Woman in Black... (again the ages aren't ideal.) Needs a woman, for the woman. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 19:56:01 GMT
You wait til you get to my age...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 19:56:43 GMT
The Woman in Black... (again the ages aren't ideal.) Needs a woman, for the woman. Not necessarily... She could be all in the imagination... Oh, and I've just this second got the "keep up" reference! ( Not a joke!) |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 14, 2017 20:00:19 GMT
For the sake of believability I would like to cast the actors as roles within their playing age What is their playing age? |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 14, 2017 20:01:16 GMT
Needs a woman, for the woman. Not necessarily... She could be all in the imagination... {Spoiler - click to view}
Eh? She appears at the end! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 20:02:32 GMT
Heavily cut version???
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 14, 2017 20:03:51 GMT
Ok, enough with the penis jokes. |
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Post by greyelf on Mar 14, 2017 20:12:58 GMT
For the sake of believability I would like to cast the actors as roles within their playing age What is their playing age? I would say between the ages of 18-23: I am, however, willing to push this a little, if only by a couple of years, depending on the material and whether it is something we have a shared interest in doing. |
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Post by foxa on Mar 14, 2017 20:14:37 GMT
I think 'Rope' mentioned some posts back is an excellent suggestion.
'Stones in his pockets' - if they are good at accents/multi-role.
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Post by greyelf on Mar 14, 2017 20:23:49 GMT
You folks are all really wonderful! Thanks for all the suggestions so far!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 20:37:44 GMT
And I'm willing to help out with rehearsals (if you go for my first suggestion...  ) Good luck! |
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Post by hulmeman on Mar 14, 2017 21:00:45 GMT
Steven Berkoff has written several short plays for two male actors. Sam French has an anthology in stock.
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Post by hulmeman on Mar 14, 2017 21:09:27 GMT
"Over There" by Mark Ravenhill
"Baby with the Bathwater" by Christopher Durang
"Body of an American" by Dan O'Brien
"Dock Brief" by John Mortimer
Come on lovely, there are loads if you research Samuel French!
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Post by profquatermass on Mar 14, 2017 21:20:55 GMT
Sleuth...
Surely someone has done a gay La Ronde?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 14, 2017 21:28:50 GMT
Sleuth... Surely someone has done a gay La Ronde? There is - I saw a production of it in San Francisco many years ago. Can't remember what it was called though! |
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Post by lynette on Mar 14, 2017 21:30:07 GMT
greyelf, we really are a lovely crowd and we look forward to you reporting back on choice and the production. Hope you check out the other threads on the Board.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 14, 2017 21:32:33 GMT
A bit of research and I found it!
Seduction by Jack Heifner - inspired by La Ronde
It was at the New Conservatory Theatre in SF in 2004
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Post by adrianics on Mar 15, 2017 12:05:09 GMT
It's already been suggested, but definitely Stones in his Pockets; hugely challenging (each actor plays about 15 or 16 roles) but one of the funniest and most poignant shows I've ever seen.
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