Black and Silver: A night in the life of a young married couple on holiday with a new baby. This was originally written for a season of one-act plays by various authors, for which it was not accepted; Frayn then wrote the remaining plays in order to create his own season of one-act plays. They were
The New Quixote: An eccentric young man pursues a relationship with an older woman who met him at a party where she got inebriated. When she finds him at her door the next morning she wants nothing more of him.
Mr Foot: An Englishman seems to have formed a better relationship with his twitching foot than with his somewhat envious wife.
Chinamen: A farce about a catastrophic dinner party, in which the two actors play all of the characters. (The host of the party remarks, early in the piece, that he has trouble telling his typical English friends apart, comparing them to the proverbial Chinamen that all supposedly look alike.) The play is a tour-de-force, with the two actors changing costumes and assuming new roles without apparent effort. Frayn considered the frantic backstage activity funnier than the play itself,[1] which inspired his very successful play Noises Off.
Lynn Redgrave and John Clark later optioned The Two of Us for a successful 1975 coast to coast United States tour. Unable to find one actor willing and able to play all the male parts, director Clark settled for three actors. For The New Quixote he had cast a black actor to increase the woman's dilemma, but when the play reached Elitch Gardens in Denver, the theatre producer refused to let the play go on unless the part was recast with a white actor. The same refusal was repeated throughout the tour.
References
^Barbara K. Mehlman, "A CurtainUp Review: Noises Off, CurtinUp, January 2000.
External links
Nicholas Wroe, "A serious kind of joker", The Guardian, 14 August 1999.
"A Michael Frayn Double-Bill is Presented by New York's Two Leading Deaf Theater Companies", The New York Theatre Wire.
January 10, 2023
play, this, article, unclear, citation, style, references, used, made, clearer, with, different, consistent, style, citation, footnoting, august, 2011, learn, when, remove, this, template, message, 1970, play, british, playwright, michael, frayn, consists, fou. This article has an unclear citation style The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation and footnoting August 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Two of Us is a 1970 play by British playwright Michael Frayn It consists of four one act plays for two actors and is Frayn s first published play It was first performed at the Garrick Theatre by Richard Briers and Lynn Redgrave The four plays that make up The Two of Us are Black and Silver A night in the life of a young married couple on holiday with a new baby This was originally written for a season of one act plays by various authors for which it was not accepted Frayn then wrote the remaining plays in order to create his own season of one act plays They were The New Quixote An eccentric young man pursues a relationship with an older woman who met him at a party where she got inebriated When she finds him at her door the next morning she wants nothing more of him Mr Foot An Englishman seems to have formed a better relationship with his twitching foot than with his somewhat envious wife Chinamen A farce about a catastrophic dinner party in which the two actors play all of the characters The host of the party remarks early in the piece that he has trouble telling his typical English friends apart comparing them to the proverbial Chinamen that all supposedly look alike The play is a tour de force with the two actors changing costumes and assuming new roles without apparent effort Frayn considered the frantic backstage activity funnier than the play itself 1 which inspired his very successful play Noises Off Lynn Redgrave and John Clark later optioned The Two of Us for a successful 1975 coast to coast United States tour Unable to find one actor willing and able to play all the male parts director Clark settled for three actors For The New Quixote he had cast a black actor to increase the woman s dilemma but when the play reached Elitch Gardens in Denver the theatre producer refused to let the play go on unless the part was recast with a white actor The same refusal was repeated throughout the tour References Edit Barbara K Mehlman A CurtainUp Review Noises Off CurtinUp January 2000 External links EditNicholas Wroe A serious kind of joker The Guardian 14 August 1999 http doollee com PlaywrightsF frayn michael html http www kakiseni com events theatre ODU3MQ html A Michael Frayn Double Bill is Presented by New York s Two Leading Deaf Theater Companies The New York Theatre Wire Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Two of Us play amp oldid 1120144485, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
