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Lovers and Other Strangers

"A lot of smiles as well as genuine belly laughs."

New York Times

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy

A hit on Broadway and later on film, this edition includes the pipular sequence Hal and Cathy created for the film and played by Gig Young and Anne Jackson.

The other stories include Brenda and Jerry in a planned seduction gone wrong. Johnny and Wilma have been married so long that they can't remember who starts what. With Mike and Susan, on the eve of their wedding, he's getting cold feet and she must gently talk him down the aisle.

In the last, Bea, Frank, Richie and Joan, a long-married couple who have fought for over thirty years try to save their son's marriage by confessing to their own failures.
REVIEWS:

"A lot of smiles as well as genuine belly laughs."

 The New York Times

"Realistic and observant... sketch[es] a character with a few strokes."

New York Post

"Very funny and engaging."

Wall Street Journal

Premiere Production: Lovers and Other Strangers was presented by Stephanie Sills in association with Gordon Crowe at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City.

Characters

  • Casting: 6M, 6F

  • BRENDA - Early 20s, attractive, vulnerable, very mod-ish, her glibness is her defensive facade.
    JERRY - Late 20s to early 30s, average to handsome man on the make, tries very hard to be smooth but doesn't quite cut it.

    WILMA - Late 30s, a strong attractive girl looking for her femininity.
    JOHNNY - 40-ish, a maybe paunchy, maybe balding ex-Marine who is fighting a losing battle to maintain his male superiority.

    SUSAN - Attractive, senstive girl in her early or mid-20s, soft, sweet and passive.
    MIKE - Late 20s, early 30s, big, energetic, masculine, open, sensitive.

    FRANK - 45-55, strong, stubborn, old-fashioned, not much formal education, second generation American father.
    BEA - Female counterpart to Frank.
    RICHIE - Mid-20s, average-looking, introspective.
    JOAN - Mid-20s, pretty, overly romantic and not too bright.

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    A hit on Broadway and later on film, this edition includes the pipular sequence Hal and Cathy created for the film and played by Gig Young and Anne Jackson. The other stories include Brenda and Jerry in a planned seduction gone wrong. Johnny and Wilma have been married so long that they can't remember who starts what. With Mike and Susan, on the eve of their wedding, he's getting cold feet and she must gently talk him down the aisle. In the last, Bea, Frank, Richie and Joan, a long-married couple who have fought for over thirty years try to save their son's marriage by confessing to their own failures.

    		$24.95

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