"Separate Tables Separate Tables is the collective name of two one-act plays by Terence Rattigan, both taking place in the Beauregard Private Hotel, Bournemouth, on the south coast of England. The first play, entitled ""Table by the Window"", focuses on the troubled relationship between a disgraced Labour politician and his ex-wife. The second play, ""Table Number Seven"", is set about eighteen months after the events of the previous play, and deals with the touching friendship between a repressed spinster and a kindly but bogus man posing as an upper-class retired army officer, Major Pollock. The two principal roles in both"
"""Separate Tables"" to the American stage, with plans to turn it into a film for Hecht-Lancaster Productions. The Broadway production opened on October 25, 1956 and was highly successful, running for 332 performances at the Music Box theatre and closing on September 28, 1957. The play was directed by Peter Glenville and starred Margaret Leighton, Eric Portman, Donald Harron, Beryl Measor, Phyllis Neilson-Terry, Helena Carroll and May Hallatt. It was nominated for seven Tony Awards at the 11th ceremony in April 1957, winning one for Margaret Leighton as Best Actress. The other nominations included Best Play (The Producers Theatre and"
"wrote the one-man play ""Diversions and Delights"", in which Oscar Wilde presents a lecture about his career to a Parisian audience in November 1899. With Vincent Price portraying Wilde, the play premiered in San Francisco in July 1977 and toured more than 300 cities during the next three years. Gay was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for ""Separate Tables"". He has been nominated once for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special and three times for the Edgar Award"
"plays: ""The Pretty Trap"" (1944) for ""The Glass Menagerie"", ""Interior: Panic"" (1946) for ""A Streetcar Named Desire"", ""Kingdom of Earth"" (1967) for ""The Seven Descents of Myrtle"", ""I Never Get Dressed Till After Dark on Sundays"" (1973) for ""Vieux Carré"", and ""Some Problems for the Moose Lodge"" (1980) for ""A House Not Meant to Stand"". The Magic Tower and Other One-Act Plays The Magic Tower and Other One-Act Plays is a collection of 15 plays, seven of them previously unpublished, by American playwright Tennessee Williams. Published by New Directions in New York City in 2011, Williams' scholar Thomas Keith edited"
"The Magic Tower and Other One-Act Plays The Magic Tower and Other One-Act Plays is a collection of 15 plays, seven of them previously unpublished, by American playwright Tennessee Williams. Published by New Directions in New York City in 2011, Williams' scholar Thomas Keith edited the volume and provided the critical notes while playwright Terrence McNally, winner of four Tony Awards, wrote the foreword. Ten of the plays, composed between 1936-1941, predate Williams' first public success in 1944 with ""The Glass Menagerie"" and may be accounted apprentice works. Other plays collected here are one-act sketches or studies for later full-length"
"House & Garden (plays) House and Garden are a diptych (or linked pair) of plays written by the English playwright Alan Ayckbourn, first performed in 1999. They are designed to be staged simultaneously, with the same cast in adjacent auditoria, and were published together as House & Garden. ""House"" takes place in the drawing room, and ""Garden"" in the grounds, of a large country house. Each play is self-contained (although each refers more or less obliquely to events in the other), and they may be attended in either order. As is typical of his work, Ayckbourn portrays the mostly bittersweet"
"1973. Each of the plays depicts the same six characters over the same weekend in a different part of a house. ""Table Manners"" is set in the dining room, ""Living Together"" in the living room, and ""Round and Round the Garden"" in the garden. The plays originally premiered on Broadway on 7 December 1975 for 69 performances at the Morosco Theatre, directed by Eric Thompson and featuring Richard Benjamin, Ken Howard, Barry Nelson, Estelle Parsons, Paula Prentiss, and Carole Shelley. For this, Codron received three Drama Desk Awards. In 1980, he produced Victoria Wood's play, ""Good Fun"". Wood, keen to"
"Six Degrees of Separation (play) Six Degrees of Separation is a play written by American playwright John Guare that premiered in 1990. The play was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play. The play explores the existential premise that everyone in the world is connected to everyone else in the world by a chain of no more than six acquaintances, thus, ""six degrees of separation"". A young black man named Paul shows up at the home of art dealer Flan Kittredge and his wife Louisa, known simply as ""Ouisa"", who"
"Actor and Hiller for Best Supporting Actress). Burt Lancaster was also co-producer (Clifton Productions, a subsidiary of Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions). Rita Hayworth was married to James Hill at the time. Rod Taylor agreed to play a small part in the film because of the quality of the production. ""Separate Tables"" was released to DVD by MGM Home Video on December 11, 2001 as a Region 1 widescreen DVD and by Kino Lorber (under license from MGM) to Blu-ray on July 29, 2014. Separate Tables (film) Separate Tables is a 1958 American drama film starring Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Burt"
"Parnassus plays The Parnassus plays are three satiric comedies, or full-length academic dramas each divided into five acts. They date from between 1598 and 1602. They were performed in London by students for an audience of students as part of the Christmas festivities of St John's College at Cambridge University. It is not known who wrote them. The titles of the three plays are The second and third plays are sometimes referred to as Part One and Part Two of ""The Return from Parnassus"". For the most part, the plays follow the experiences of two students, Philomusus and Studioso. The"
"In the Solitude of Cotton Fields In the Solitude of Cotton Fields () is a two-character play by the French dramatist and writer Bernard-Marie Koltès (1948–1989) in 1985. The play is performed in one act without intermission. Its two characters are nameless, identified as the Client and the Dealer. The author's instructions do not mention the location and time of day. The exchanges between the two characters are crafted to avoid specifics and the audience remains unaware of the subject of their negotiations, though it is clear that the stakes are high. They appear to encounter one another by chance"
"Merely Players Merely Players was a one-man stage show written and performed by Barry Morse. It examined the lives of a series of actors and others from Elizabethan times up to present day. The title is derived from lines by William Shakespeare in his play ""As You Like It"": ""All the world's a stage,""<BR> ""and all the men and women merely players:""<BR> ""They have their exits and their entrances;""<BR> ""and one man in his time plays many parts.""<BR> The two-act drama included several vignettes from the life and career of ""mere player"" Barry Morse, features over a dozen characters (three"
"The Two-Character Play The Two Character Play (also known as ""Out Cry"" in one of its alternate versions) is an American play by Tennessee Williams that premiered in London at the Hampstead Theatre in December 1967. Williams himself had great affection for the play, and described it as follows: After winning critical and popular acclaim with his earlier plays, Williams wanted to experiment and expand his writing style. His later creations had more in common with playwrights Samuel Beckett and the emerging Harold Pinter than with what the name Tennessee Williams had come to signify. Although the play is a"
"May Hallatt May Hallatt (born Marie Effie Hullatt; 1 May 1876 – 20 May 1969) was a British actress, born in Scarborough. Baptised at St Michael on the Mount, Lincoln, on 13 Jan 1884 she was the daughter of William Henry Hallatt, actor, and Carrie Sydney. A number of published sources incorrectly name her as mother of the actor Neil Hallett Often cast in eccentric roles, within her 30-year career, she was known for ""Black Narcissus"" (1947), ""Painted Boats"" (1945) and ""Separate Tables"" (1958). In Terence Rattigan's ""Separate Tables"", she played Miss Meacham in the original West End, Broadway and"
"Singular"" (1975), ""The Norman Conquests"" trilogy (1973), ""Bedroom Farce"" (1975), ""Just Between Ourselves"" (1976), ""A Chorus of Disapproval"" (1984), ""Woman in Mind"" (1985), ""A Small Family Business"" (1987), ""Man Of The Moment"" (1988), ""House"" & ""Garden"" (1999) and ""Private Fears in Public Places"" (2004). His plays have won numerous awards, including seven London ""Evening Standard"" Awards. They have been translated into over 35 languages and are performed on stage and television throughout the world. Ten of his plays have been staged on Broadway, attracting two Tony nominations, and one Tony award. Ayckbourn was born in Hampstead, London. His mother Irene"
"Different Times (musical) Different Times is a musical with music, lyrics, and book by Michael Brown. It was originally produced on Broadway in 1972. It opened on May 1, 1972 at the ANTA Playhouse and closed on May 20, 1972 after 24 performances. The show follows a Boston family from 1905 to 1970. It covers the decades and the issues like women's rights, both World Wars, anti-Semitism, and youth protest. The 1972 Broadway production was written and directed by Michael Brown, who also supplied the music and lyrics. It was choreographed by Todd Jackson, scenic design and costume design by"
"Basil Henson Basil Henson (born 31 July 1918 in London, – d. 19 December 1990 in Sevenoaks, Kent) was an English actor. Henson had a lengthy career on stage and television. His stage performances included a number of parts in Shakespeare productions, including once opposite Dustin Hoffman. He played in the original West End production of Terence Rattigan's ""Separate Tables"" at the St. James' Theatre in 1954. He also appeared a number of times at the Royal National Theatre, including a part in the world premiere of ""Amadeus"" by Peter Shaffer. He also appeared in many British films over the"
"Lonely Planet (play) Lonely Planet is a two character play written by Steven Dietz. The play tells the story of Jody and Carl, two gay men who live in an unnamed American city. The play was written during the midst of the AIDS epidemic, which is the central focus of the story, though ultimately the play sends the message that one should pay attention to the world around them and realize its problems rather than shun it. The play heavily references the Eugène Ionesco comedy ""The Chairs"". Jody, a gay man, owns a small map store on the oldest street"
"The Two of Us (play) 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: 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"
"Absurd Person Singular Absurd Person Singular is a 1972 play by Alan Ayckbourn. Divided into three acts, it documents the changing fortunes of three married couples. Each act takes place at a Christmas celebration at one of the couples' homes on successive Christmas Eves. The play made its world premiere at the Library Theatre, Scarborough on 26 June 1972 and its London début at the Criterion Theatre on 4 July 1973, transferring to the Vaudeville Theatre in September 1974, completing a run of 973 performances. Its official New York Broadway début was at the Music Box Theatre on 8 October"
"Single Spies Single Spies is a 1988 stage play written by English playwright Alan Bennett. It consists of two acts, An Englishman Abroad and A Question of Attribution. An Englishman Abroad is based on the true story of a chance meeting of an actress, Coral Browne, with Guy Burgess, a member of the Cambridge spy ring who worked for the Soviet Union whilst with MI6. A Question of Attribution is based on Anthony Blunt's role in the Cambridge Spy Ring and, as Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures, personal art advisor to Queen Elizabeth II. It portrays his interrogation by MI5"
"Theatricals Theatricals is a book of two plays by Henry James published in 1894. The plays, ""Tenants"" and ""Disengaged"", had failed to be produced, so James put them out in book form with a rueful preface about his inability to get the plays onto the stage. Based on a short story ""Flavien: Scènes de la vie contemporaine"" by Henri Rivière, ""Tenants"" tells of a widowed Englishman, Sir Frederick Byng, his son Norman, and his ward Mildred Stanmore. Norman and Mildred are in love, but Sir Frederick disapproves and forces his son to take a post in India. Meanwhile, Sir Frederick's"
"Wendy Hiller Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller, (15 August 1912 – 14 May 2003) was an English film and stage actress, who enjoyed a varied acting career that spanned nearly sixty years. The writer Joel Hirschorn, in his 1984 compilation ""Rating the Movie Stars"", described her as ""a no-nonsense actress who literally took command of the screen whenever she appeared on film"". Despite many notable film performances, she chose to remain primarily a stage actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in ""Separate Tables"" (1958). Born in Bramhall, Cheshire, the daughter of Frank Watkin Hiller,"
"A Delicate Balance (play) A Delicate Balance is a play by Edward Albee. It premiered in 1966 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1967, the first of three he received for his work. The uneasy existence of upper-middle-class suburbanites Agnes and Tobias and their permanent houseguest, Agnes' witty and alcoholic sister Claire, is disrupted by the sudden appearance of lifelong family friends Harry and Edna, fellow empty nesters with free-floating anxiety, who ask to stay with them to escape an unnamed terror. They soon are followed by Agnes and Tobias's bitter 36-year-old daughter Julia, who returns home following"
"mounted a production of ""The Two-Character Play"" which ran from March 19 through April 26, directed by Romy Ashby, and starring husband and wife Charles Schick and Regina Bartkoff. The Two-Character Play The Two Character Play (also known as ""Out Cry"" in one of its alternate versions) is an American play by Tennessee Williams that premiered in London at the Hampstead Theatre in December 1967. Williams himself had great affection for the play, and described it as follows: After winning critical and popular acclaim with his earlier plays, Williams wanted to experiment and expand his writing style. His later creations"
"Separate Lies Separate Lies is a 2005 British drama film directed by Julian Fellowes, who also wrote the screenplay, updating the 1951 novel ""A Way Through the Wood"" by Nigel Balchin, which had already been turned into a stage play under the title ""Waiting for Gillian"" in 1957. The film stars Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson and Rupert Everett. ""Separate Lies"" marked the directorial debut of Julian Fellowes, who had worked mostly as an actor and won an Academy Award with his screenplay for Robert Altman's ""Gosford Park"". ""No life is perfect – even if it seems to be,"" says James"
"2Graves 2Graves is a short one-man play by the British playwright Paul Sellar. The protagonist of the piece is Jack Topps, a Cockney hard man from London's East End, and the story – delivered in rhyming verse – is that of how he became a violent criminal. The stage setting is simple: except for brief monologues at the beginning and ending of the play, Jack Topps sits in a chair the whole way through, and the stage is devoid of any other props. On the way, his story takes in the sights and sounds of East London. The play was"
"who had just appeared in ""Separate Tables"" for HHL. HHL assigned the adaptation to John Dighton, who had just written ""The Devil's Disciple"" for the company. Dighton travelled to Australia to research the script. He told the press in April 1958 that: I intend to stick to the play as closely as possible. The two barmaids and the old woman are good characters, but a little more colour is needed in the development of the relationship between the two cane-cutters. In its construction Lawler's play runs downhill all the way. This, I feel, was a weakness. I intend to give"
"by Fred Schepisi. Channing was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film. Six Degrees of Separation (play) Six Degrees of Separation is a play written by American playwright John Guare that premiered in 1990. The play was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play. The play explores the existential premise that everyone in the world is connected to everyone else in the world by a chain of no more than six acquaintances, thus, ""six degrees of separation"". A young black man named Paul"
"Companion"", ""Between Mouthfuls"", ""Gosforth’s Fete"" and ""Widows Might"") were written for ""Confusions"", first performed in 1974. The other three one-act plays were: Plays adapted as films include: Alan Ayckbourn Sir Alan Ayckbourn, (born 12 April 1939) is a prolific British playwright and director. He has written and produced more than seventy full-length plays in Scarborough and London and was, between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where all but four of his plays have received their first performance. More than 40 have subsequently been produced in the West End, at the Royal National"
"Outlying Islands (play) Outlying Islands is a 2002 drama play written by Scottish playwright David Greig. Set on a remote Scottish island in the summer of 1939, two ornithologistsyoung, impulsive and English Robert and the more-conservative-yet naive Scottish Johnare sent to catalogue the bird colonies on the island. Together with the stern lease-holder of the island, Mr Kirk, and his young niece Ellen, they are the only inhabitants for the summer. The play ruthlessly uncovers the motivations of its characters, resulting in a painful triangle between John, Robert and Ellen. It is about nature versus technology, old versus new, with"
"that some people worried that the portrait was too accurate), but Ayckbourn also sees elements of Jeffrey Archer in the character. Paul Allen has observed that Ayckbourn's range is such that he has no need to limit himself to the lampooning of just one political figure. House & Garden (plays) House and Garden are a diptych (or linked pair) of plays written by the English playwright Alan Ayckbourn, first performed in 1999. They are designed to be staged simultaneously, with the same cast in adjacent auditoria, and were published together as House & Garden. ""House"" takes place in the drawing"
"John Guare John Guare (rhymes with ""air""; born February 5, 1938) is an Irish American playwright. He is best known as the author of ""The House of Blue Leaves"", ""Six Degrees of Separation"", and ""Landscape of the Body"". His style, which mixes comic invention with an acute sense of the failure of human relations and aspirations, is at once cruel and deeply compassionate. In his foreword to a collection of Guare's plays, film director Louis Malle writes: Guare practices a humor that is synonymous with lucidity, exploding genre and clichés, taking us to the core of human suffering: the awareness"