Special Occasions
by Bernard Slade

Special Occasions

Synopsis

A two act comedy for a cast of 1 man and 1 woman.

Amy and Michael Ruskin are celebrating their fifteenth wedding anniversary and their upcoming divorce.

Michael is a reformed television writer turned playwright.

Amy is competitive but inwardly insecure.

The play is structured as a series of flashbacks.

After the opening scene, the play goes back in time ten years and recreates the various special occasions which make up marriages: anniversaries, weddings, funerals, play openings and other catastrophes.

And, after all is said and done, the couple ends as they began on their fifteenth anniversary, dancing to a recording of "Love Is Here to Stay".

Performance

Cast

A small cast size of 2 total roles, 1 female and 1 male roles.

Publication

Publisher
Samuel French
Year Published
1982
ISBN 10
0573618739
ISBN 13
9780573618734
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
119 pages
Place Published
New York
Language
English
LCCN
82223270
LCC
PS3569.L2 S66 1982
DCC
812/.54
Print
Special Occasions is a American comedy / farce play written by and published by Samuel French in New York, 1982. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780573618734 and an ISBN-10 of 0573618739.

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