Titanic (play)
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Titanic is a one-act play written by Christopher Durang. The play was initially presented at the Yale School of Drama in 1974.
The play takes place on the RMS Titanic, called an "outrageous tale of sex and seduction aboard the titular ship" by Jackson R. Bryer (professor of English at the University of Maryland) and Mary C. Hartig.[1]
Productions
The play was presented in a workshop in 1973 at the American Place Theatre. It was then performed at the Yale School of Drama, Yale Experimental Theatre, in May 1974. Directed by Peter Mark Shifter, the cast featured Kate McGregor Stewart as Victoria Tammurai, Kenneth Ryan as Richard Tammurai, Joel Polis as Teddy Tammurai (their son), Christine Estabrook as Lidia, Robert Nersesian as The Captain, and Richard Bey as Higgins (the sailor).[2]
The play premiered at the Direct Theatre in New York City in February 1976.[1] Directed by Shifter, the cast featured Stewart, Stefan Hartman as Richard Tammurai, Richard Peterson as Teddy Tammurai, Sigourney Weaver as Lidia, Jeff Brooks as The Captain, and Ralph Redpath as the sailor.[2]
David Dukes was set to play the part of Richard Tammurai, but left before rehearsals ended to replace John Wood in the Broadway play Travesties.
Titanic premiered Off-Broadway at the Van Dam Theater, running from May 10, 1976, to May 16, 1976. The director and cast were the same as in the Direct Theatre production.[3] Titanic had its uk premier as a christopher durang double bill along with the actors nightmare off westend at the Southwark playhouse by impact productions both directed by Dudley Long running from the 6 of June to the 11 of June 1994 the uk cast featured nick westlake as the captain and John Courtney as Teddy Tammurai
