Special Days
Seth Kramer
Special Occasions
by Bernard Slade
Why we like it
"'Special Occasions' offers a charming look at the intersections of love and life, perfect for any Valentine's celebration."
From: Valentine's Day Themed PlaysSynopsis
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".
Press Reviews
"Mixes the conventions of the situation comedy and soap opera."
— the New York Times
"Slade's best play to date."
— The New York Post
Publication
Publisher Samuel French
Year 1982
Binding Paperback
Pages 119
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573618734
ISBN-10 0573618739
LCCN 82223270
LCC PS3569.L2 S66 1982
DCC 812/.54
Special Occasions is a American comedy play written by Bernard Slade and published by Samuel French in New York (1982).
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Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)
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