Marriage Play
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Marriage Play is a drama for two actors by Edward Albee. The play premiered at Vienna's English Theatre in 1987.
Marriage Play had its world premiere at Vienna's English Theatre, Vienna, Austria on May 17, 1987. The play was commissioned by the English Theatre. The cast was Kathleen Butler (Gillian) and Tom Klunis (Jack).[1] [2]
Marriage Play had its United States premiere at the Alley Theatre, Houston, Texas, on January 8, 1992, in a co-production with the McCarter Theatre, Princeton, New Jersey. [1] The play premiered on the East Coast at the McCarter Theatre in February 1992. Directed by Albee, the cast was Tom Klunis (Jack) and Shirley Knight (Gillian).[3]
Marriage Play was produced Off-Broadway by the Signature Theatre Company, running from October 1, 1993, to October 31, 1993. Directed by James Houghton, the cast was Kathleen Butler (Gillian) and Tom Klunis (Jack).[4]
The play was produced in London at the National Theatre, Cottesloe Theatre, in a double bill with Finding the Sun, in May 2001. The cast was Bill Paterson and Sheila Gish, with the setting in Richmond, Surrey.[5][6]
Cesear's Forum, Cleveland's minimalist theatre company, presented the play at Playhouse Square in an April/May 2009 production with Dana Hart and Julia Kolibab.[7]