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<h2 id="theatre">Theatre</h2> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/The_Stronger/bYBHXPyk">The Stronger</a></i> (1889) by <a href="/facts/August_Strindberg/q8yJVrWE">August Strindberg</a> (also <a href="/facts/Dramatic_monologue/mjcSKEUF">dramatic monologue</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Pariah_(play)/3HvX7WbH">Pariah</a></i> (1889) by <a href="/facts/August_Strindberg/q8yJVrWE">August Strindberg</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Hughie/4pY3nP5j">Hughie</a></i> (1942) by <a href="/facts/Eugene_O%27Neill/RpkNMHys">Eugene O'Neill</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Fourposter/SVJ3cupk">The Fourposter</a></i> (1951) by <a href="/facts/Jan_de_Hartog/J8p2HLXB">Jan de Hartog</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Two_for_the_Seesaw_(play)/mPTaes34">Two for the Seesaw</a></i> (1958) by <a href="/facts/William_Gibson_(playwright)/KHqJqbwk">William Gibson</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Zoo_Story/C7wUXnDk">The Zoo Story</a></i> (1959) by <a href="/facts/Edward_Albee/G3YEfQ2s">Edward Albee</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Dumb_Waiter/qYfRH0v4">The Dumb Waiter</a></i> (1960) by <a href="/facts/Harold_Pinter/5cezD5hS">Harold Pinter</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Happy_Days_(play)/gcmln1IA">Happy Days</a></i> (1961) by <a href="/facts/Samuel_Beckett/2IMb0k4G">Samuel Beckett</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Blood_Knot/aoDaW0yN">The Blood Knot</a></i> (1961) by <a href="/facts/Athol_Fugard/Ph9INzTh">Athol Fugard</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Dutchman_(play)/qevCPqTU">Dutchman</a></i> (1966) by <a href="/facts/LeRoi_Jones/sQ4V43S2">LeRoi Jones</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/I_Do!_I_Do!/V3qaor4k">I Do! I Do!</a></i> (1966) by <a href="/facts/Tom_Jones_(writer)/4NImQ9CQ">Tom Jones</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Same_Time,_Next_Year_(play)/nwgLH6H7">Same Time, Next Year</a></i> (1975) by <a href="/facts/Bernard_Slade/S6FD4JGl">Bernard Slade</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Gin_Game/u3gRzLaY">The Gin Game</a></i> (1976) by <a href="/facts/Donald_L._Coburn/fyNh469V">Donald L. Coburn</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Woods_(play)/KCD28mHz">The Woods</a></i> (1977) by <a href="/facts/David_Mamet/4P7QG7Ub">David Mamet</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Talley%27s_Folly/ma33vdXI">Talley's Folly</a></i> (1980) by <a href="/facts/Lanford_Wilson/SfjPb3EQ">Lanford Wilson</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Duet_for_One/HHhP5NTl">Duet for One</a></i> (1980, filmed in 1986) by <a href="/facts/Tom_Kempinski/dA9SXkzc">Tom Kempinski</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Educating_Rita/p1PfGNPf">Educating Rita</a></i> (1980) by <a href="/facts/Willy_Russell/VkSFL8oh">Willy Russell</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Mass_Appeal_(play)/UCGVRAvD">Mass Appeal</a></i> (1980) by <a href="/facts/Bill_C._Davis/2ljancz9">Bill C. Davis</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/%27night,_Mother/ucVptlQo">'night, Mother</a></i> (1982) by <a href="/facts/Marsha_Norman/yqyMxMCR">Marsha Norman</a></li> <li><i>Some Men Need Help</i> (1982) by <a href="/facts/John_Ford_Noonan/hfCsPyzd">John Ford Noonan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Woman_in_Black_(play)/U6nUv1C7">The Woman in Black</a></i> (1987) by <a href="/facts/Stephen_Mallatratt/JeB4HVjh">Stephen Mallatratt</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Meeting_(play)/0uyKvsWt">The Meeting</a></i> (1987) by <a href="/facts/Jeff_Stetson/IyuS07dU">Jeff Stetson</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Love_Letters_(play)/wEtjfPVt">Love Letters</a></i> (1988) by <a href="/facts/A._R._Gurney/mGzaJb2D">A. R. Gurney</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Frankie_and_Johnny_in_the_Clair_de_Lune/DNzfRfd1">Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune</a></i> (1987) by <a href="/facts/Terrence_McNally/6J3K6RdH">Terrence McNally</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/A_Walk_in_the_Woods_(play)/NVQawLfe">A Walk in the Woods</a></i> (1988) by <a href="/facts/Lee_Blessing/4LKvm3nH">Lee Blessing</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Sherlock_Holmes_(1984_TV_series)/oDWu85SH">The Secret of Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1988) by <a href="/facts/Jeremy_Paul_(screenwriter)/A0dTYthE">Jeremy Paul</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Oleanna_(play)/NNvCCoWo">Oleanna</a></i> (1992) by <a href="/facts/David_Mamet/4P7QG7Ub">David Mamet</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Lonely_Planet_(play)/VK18nu4J">Lonely Planet</a></i> (1993) by <a href="/facts/Steven_Dietz/nk3jVusR">Steven Dietz</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/John_%26_Jen/l9EMN4u3">John & Jen</a></i> (1995) by <a href="/facts/Andrew_Lippa/DP6eUmoD">Andrew Lippa</a> and Tom Greenwald</li> <li><i>Same Time, Another Year</i> (1995) by Bernard Slade (<a href="/facts/Same_Time,_Next_Year_(play)/nwgLH6H7">sequel</a>)</li> <li><i>Disco Pigs</i> (1996) by <a href="/facts/Enda_Walsh/BHt8INUQ">Enda Walsh</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Stones_in_His_Pockets/ERvp1nhz">Stones in His Pockets</a></i> (1996) by <a href="/facts/Marie_Jones/CSFaXtcI">Marie Jones</a></li> <li><i>Vigil</i> (1996) by <a href="/facts/Morris_Panych/tq8qz77I">Morris Panych</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Blue_Room_(play)/gm80mCFu">The Blue Room</a></i> (1998) by <a href="/facts/David_Hare_(playwright)/gmWTV6ga">David Hare</a></li> <li><i>Freud's Last Session</i> (1999) by <a href="/facts/Mark_St._Germain/8Lv68GPl">Mark St. Germain</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Vincent_River_(play)/8jcHwHTG">Vincent River</a></i> (2000) by <a href="/facts/Philip_Ridley/Vx28etT7">Philip Ridley</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Six_Dance_Lessons_in_Six_Weeks/J4Po5RSR">Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks</a></i> (2001) by <a href="/facts/Richard_Alfieri/dD6rqaFH">Richard Alfieri</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Last_Five_Years/cmlyp8NY">The Last Five Years</a></i> (2001) by <a href="/facts/Jason_Robert_Brown/TtSRSy0d">Jason Robert Brown</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Topdog/Underdog/eqIuz1b7">Topdog/Underdog</a></i> (2001) by <a href="/facts/Suzan-Lori_Parks/zA3kGvIX">Suzan-Lori Parks</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/A_Number/zrD8btNc">A Number</a></i> (2002) by <a href="/facts/Caryl_Churchill/xGGKtdNa">Caryl Churchill</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Adrenalin...Heart/dbP8Bd39">Adrenalin...Heart</a></i> (2002) by Georgia Fitch</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Tuesdays_with_Morrie/Yf0YLTyt">Tuesdays with Morrie</a></i> (2002) by <a href="/facts/Mitch_Albom/6yea2X3b">Mitch Albom</a> and <a href="/facts/Jeffrey_Hatcher/fE5o3R1J">Jeffrey Hatcher</a></li> <li><i>Matt & Ben</i> (2002) by <a href="/facts/Mindy_Kaling/etEoVMRA">Mindy Kaling</a> and <a href="/facts/Brenda_Withers/6ECQYoKP">Brenda Withers</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Sunset_Limited/MDmd0v7r">The Sunset Limited</a></i> (2006) by <a href="/facts/Cormac_McCarthy/B8zjLsRU">Cormac McCarthy</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Story_of_My_Life_(musical)/kwRLerWM">The Story of My Life</a></i> (2009) by <a href="/facts/Neil_Bartram/w6WcEaXk">Neil Bartram</a> and <a href="/facts/Brian_Hill_(author)/eGx10NnS">Brian Hill</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/A_Steady_Rain/QgUBQWH0">A Steady Rain</a></i> (2007) by Keith Huff</li> <li><i>It Felt Empty When The Heart Went At First But It Is Alright Now</i> (2009) by <a href="/facts/Lucy_Kirkwood/VBP8qydP">Lucy Kirkwood</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Mountaintop/eV0aeDkU">The Mountaintop</a></i> (2009) by <a href="/facts/Katori_Hall/nhw3cu7L">Katori Hall</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Red_(play)/74oaQpqH">Red</a></i> (2009) by <a href="/facts/John_Logan_(writer)/RspLeVyF">John Logan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Venus_in_Fur/u949A82q">Venus in Fur</a></i> (2010) by <a href="/facts/David_Ives/JWswpkxy">David Ives</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Lungs_(play)/c1pcFhS9">Lungs</a></i> (2011) by <a href="/facts/Duncan_Macmillan_(playwright)/VAPulm4J">Duncan Macmillan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/In_a_Forest,_Dark_and_Deep/H8Mu6IUt">In a Forest, Dark and Deep</a></i> (2011) by <a href="/facts/Neil_LaBute/pHuyTWc6">Neil LaBute</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Tender_Napalm/qMrvItlt">Tender Napalm</a></i> (2011) by Philip Ridley</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Constellations_(play)/58Y5WKcj">Constellations</a></i> (2012) by Nick Payne</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Between_the_Sheets_(play)/VbMud37l">Between the Sheets</a></i> (2012) by Jordi Mand<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Anarchist_(play)/NLbkjxqr">The Anarchist</a></i> (2012) by <a href="/facts/David_Mamet/4P7QG7Ub">David Mamet</a></li> <li><i>The Velocity of Autumn</i> (2013) by <a href="/facts/Eric_Coble/JMkqVToI">Eric Coble</a></li> <li><i>Sex With Strangers</i> (2014) by <a href="/facts/Laura_Eason/urEfWu7n">Laura Eason</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/China_Doll_(play)/XUjbKQFy">China Doll</a></i> (2015) by <a href="/facts/David_Mamet/4P7QG7Ub">David Mamet</a></li> <li><i>Guards at the Taj</i> (2015) by <a href="/facts/Rajiv_Joseph/glbDdogc">Rajiv Joseph</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li> <li><i>A Case for the Existence of God</i> (2022) by <a href="/facts/Samuel_D._Hunter/5l2zV2L8">Samuel D. Hunter</a></li></ul> <h2 id="opera">Opera</h2> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Love_Counts/xJM8BFDL">Love Counts</a></i> 2005 by <a href="/facts/Michael_Nyman/gahy1Pxk">Michael Nyman</a> and <a href="/facts/Michael_Hastings_(playwright)/JW4Az81e">Michael Hastings</a></li></ul> <h2 id="film">Film</h2> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Heaven_Knows,_Mr_Allison/UotAGdm8">Heaven Knows, Mr Allison</a></i> (1957) by <a href="/facts/John_Huston/3l9G0Aym">John Huston</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Dutchman_(film)/7qM2qBkN">Dutchman</a></i> (1966) by <a href="/facts/Anthony_Harvey/1zv7FW6w">Anthony Harvey</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Hell_in_the_Pacific/3tR6cV7T">Hell in the Pacific</a></i> (1968) by <a href="/facts/John_Boorman/dRs70aLx">John Boorman</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Sleuth_(1972_film)/WrKVj0jY">Sleuth</a></i> (1972) by <a href="/facts/Joseph_L._Mankiewicz/DQW8dBG0">Joseph L. Mankiewicz</a></li> <li><i>Alpha Beta</i> (1974) by <a href="/facts/Anthony_Page/5gv2W5Td">Anthony Page</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Same_Time,_Next_Year_(film)/CLaWfSDQ">Same Time, Next Year</a></i> (1978) by <a href="/facts/Robert_Mulligan/2Ylst3VI">Robert Mulligan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/My_Dinner_with_Andre/wVaTeffF">My Dinner with Andre</a></i> (1981) by <a href="/facts/Louis_Malle/BAuNIh1L">Louis Malle</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Enemy_Mine_(film)/GF9x4bQG">Enemy Mine</a></i> (1985) by <a href="/facts/Wolfgang_Petersen/KV6VMT7G">Wolfgang Petersen</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/%27night,_Mother_(film)/WHnEddkM">'night, Mother</a></i> (1985) by <a href="/facts/Tom_Moore_(director)/ML0gTenz">Tom Moore</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Caller_(1987_film)/yYgqGorn">The Caller</a></i> (1987) by <a href="/facts/Arthur_Allan_Seidelman/XzSYYIkw">Arthur Allan Seidelman</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Closet_Land/AIdv3znf">Closet Land</a></i> (1991) by <a href="/facts/Radha_Bharadwaj/0kvFbgwW">Radha Bharadwaj</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Mozart_Bird/LFcuW7vq">The Mozart Bird</a></i> (1993) by <a href="/facts/Ian_Kerkhof/eVMtefdU">Ian Kerkhof</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Oleanna_(film)/smSgJ9DS">Oleanna</a></i> (1994) by <a href="/facts/David_Mamet/4P7QG7Ub">David Mamet</a></li> <li><i>Divertimento</i> (2000) by José García Hernández</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Interview_(2003_film)/txRYVaxL">Interview</a></i> (2003) by <a href="/facts/Theo_van_Gogh_(film_director)/fdIBQYB4">Theo van Gogh</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Before_Sunset/7CLKQu8K">Before Sunset</a></i> (2004) by <a href="/facts/Richard_Linklater/yWyIAJht">Richard Linklater</a></li> <li><i>Aislados</i> (2005) by David Marqués</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/In_Bed/PTD2tbKw">In Bed</a></i> (2005) by <a href="/facts/Matias_Bize/jVHReXQp">Matias Bize</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Conversations_with_Other_Women/KQJBrQLa">Conversations with Other Women</a></i> (2005) by <a href="/facts/Hans_Canosa/KhGykdqS">Hans Canosa</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Sleuth_(2007_film)/2YaF1JUX">Sleuth</a></i> (2007) by <a href="/facts/Kenneth_Branagh/U61CnYN4">Kenneth Branagh</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Interview_(2007_film)/6SpD7zgz">Interview</a></i> (2007) by <a href="/facts/Steve_Buscemi/bYNQaraD">Steve Buscemi</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Moon_(2009_film)/g140dH8z">Moon</a></i> (2009) by <a href="/facts/Duncan_Jones/LelpraEz">Duncan Jones</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Venus_in_Fur_(film)/nVVBIaMn">Venus in Fur</a></i> (2013) by <a href="/facts/Roman_Polanski/SBmvpwQK">Roman Polanski</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Sunset_Limited_(film)/He6z4C6p">The Sunset Limited</a></i> (2011) by <a href="/facts/Tommy_Lee_Jones/v4Qs4NMm">Tommy Lee Jones</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/28_Hotel_Rooms/m1t95T2s">28 Hotel Rooms</a></i> (2012) by <a href="/facts/Matt_Ross_(actor)/2gAzJWRW">Matt Ross</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Some_Velvet_Morning_(film)/PJGvd81g">Some Velvet Morning</a></i> (2013) by <a href="/facts/Neil_LaBute/pHuyTWc6">Neil LaBute</a></li> <li><i>Committed</i> (2014) by <a href="/facts/Stelana_Kliris/pFoHM8sG">Stelana Kliris</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Creep_(2014_film)/8Y5jfTsb">Creep</a></i> (2014) by <a href="/facts/Patrick_Brice/8dlhS13p">Patrick Brice</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Blue_Jay_(film)/gdeMbhvq">Blue Jay</a></i> (2016) by Alex Lehmann</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Pass_(2016_film)/nFXBLg3t">The Pass</a></i> (2016) by Ben A. Williams</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Love_All_You_Have_Left/oItfWNE4">Love All You Have Left</a></i> (2017) by Matt Sivertson</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Destination_Wedding/puG8G9kT">Destination Wedding</a></i> (2018) by Victor Levin</li> <li><i>7:20 Once a week</i> (2018) by <a href="/facts/Matias_Bize/jVHReXQp">Matias Bize</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Lighthouse_(2019_film)/cruzhuQ0">The Lighthouse</a></i> (2019) by <a href="/facts/Robert_Eggers/dcW19lmY">Robert Eggers</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Two_Popes/zUAsvIjY">The Two Popes</a></i> (2019) by <a href="/facts/Fernando_Meirelles/pubtbv19">Fernando Meirelles</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Friend_of_the_World/hckoUXcz">Friend of the World</a></i> (2020) by <a href="/facts/Brian_Patrick_Butler/zCPD954b">Brian Patrick Butler</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Malcolm_%26_Marie/60P3wkYd">Malcolm & Marie</a></i> (2021) by <a href="/facts/Sam_Levinson/ATsgVYuW">Sam Levinson</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Together_(2021_TV_film)/1dKmkfM1">Together</a></i> (2021) by <a href="/facts/Stephen_Daldry/xg7RNElQ">Stephen Daldry</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Good_Luck_to_You,_Leo_Grande/xMTIHpNe">Good Luck to You, Leo Grande</a></i> (2022) by <a href="/facts/Sophie_Hyde/NSMlvYYq">Sophie Hyde</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/65_(film)/rDouWGG4">65</a></i> (2023) by <a href="/facts/Scott_Beck_and_Bryan_Woods/TQnGFLPb">Scott Beck and Bryan Woods</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Dive_(2023_film)/fAynJtcI">The Dive</a></i> (2023) by Max Erlenwein</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/What_Happens_Later/I8Jm9lq4">What Happens Later</a></i> (2023) by <a href="/facts/Meg_Ryan/JPM47Xk9">Meg Ryan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Daddio_(film)/DKjc87ke">Daddio</a></i> (2024) by Christy Hall</li></ul> <h2 id="television-episodes">Television episodes</h2> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Adolescence_(TV_series)/sHB4bnlz">Adolescence</a>:</i> Episode 3</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/All_in_the_Family/gTUN2kqn">All in the Family</a></i>: "Two's a Crowd" (Season 8, Episode 19)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Bottom_(TV_series)/DRDrHIo0">Bottom</a></i>: <ul><li>"<a href="/facts/Contest_(Bottom)/zY71bzCy">Contest</a>" (Series 1, Episode 3)</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Culture_(Bottom)/3ruxguKs">Culture</a>" (Series 2, Episode 2)</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Hole_(Bottom)/x83smf2D">Hole</a>" (Series 3, episode 1)</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Breaking_Bad/eJ3azj46">Breaking Bad</a></i>: "<a href="/facts/Fly_(Breaking_Bad)/CaQL9hDQ">Fly</a>" (Season 3, Episode 10)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Brooklyn_Nine-Nine/VBgJz12Q">Brooklyn Nine-Nine</a></i>: "<a href="/facts/The_Box_(Brooklyn_Nine-Nine)/0pFBQXnj">The Box</a>" (Season 5, Episode 14)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Brookside_(television_programme)/MFXGfmoj">Brookside</a></i>: <ul><li>Episode 1103 (29 May 1992)</li> <li>Episode 2432 (23 May 2001)</li> <li>Episode 2570 (19 August 2001)</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Coronation_Street/dmnQfBy2">Coronation Street</a></i>: <ul><li>Episode 4745a (2 January 2000), featuring <a href="/facts/Curly_Watts/rN0HYPd9">Curly Watts</a> and <a href="/facts/Raquel_Watts/RGoa8G4J">Raquel Watts</a></li> <li>Episode 5448 (24 February 2003), featuring <a href="/facts/Richard_Hillman/cFHAzSjN">Richard Hillman</a> and <a href="/facts/Gail_Platt/5Jz1KkCN">Gail Hillman</a></li> <li>Episode 6519 (25 March 2007) , featuring <a href="/facts/Deirdre_Barlow/30T1WySs">Deirdre Barlow</a> and <a href="/facts/Tracy_Barlow/U8LyU0H1">Tracy Barlow</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Dinner_for_One/20LXylnA">Dinner for One</a></i> (1963) by <a href="/facts/Lauri_Wylie/o0n8M1Pb">Lauri Wylie</a>, one of the most frequently repeated TV programmes ever</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/EastEnders/z6g4tebu">EastEnders</a></i> <a href="/facts/List_of_EastEnders_two-hander_episodes/fkuyCPNH">two-hander episodes</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Emmerdale/nHabgRJp">Emmerdale</a></i>: <ul><li>Episode 2754 (28 September 2000), featuring <a href="/facts/Paddy_Kirk/oTXgjoRJ">Paddy Kirk</a> and <a href="/facts/Mandy_Dingle/r5qJCbex">Mandy Dingle</a></li> <li>Episode 3143 (28 March 2002), featuring <a href="/facts/Bernice_Blackstock/m8CpE3wg">Bernice Blackstock</a> and <a href="/facts/Ashley_Thomas/NK82CENm">Ashley Thomas</a></li> <li>Due to the <a href="/facts/COVID-19_pandemic/0xTsh7Ut">COVID-19 pandemic</a> causing a temporary shutdown of production, <i>Emmerdale</i> filmed five two-hander episodes featuring the characters during <a href="/facts/Lockdown/nvGLyEdD">lockdown</a>, with original storylines resuming once production restarted. These episodes aired on: 8 June 2020 (episode 8800A) featuring <a href="/facts/Sam_Dingle/cY8JSzFs">Sam</a> and <a href="/facts/Lydia_Dingle/WjASj9TQ">Lydia Dingle</a>, 10 June 2020 (episode 8800B) featuring <a href="/facts/Cain_Dingle/TF0T5jzD">Cain</a> and <a href="/facts/Aaron_Dingle/nD7Q7kW9">Aaron Dingle</a>, 15 June 2020 (episode 8800D) featuring <a href="/facts/List_of_Emmerdale_characters_(2019)/xAzajc1u">Vinny</a> and <a href="/facts/Mandy_Dingle/r5qJCbex">Mandy Dingle</a>, 17 June 2020 (episode 8800C) featuring <a href="/facts/Jimmy_King_(Emmerdale)/9WTtVUV3">Jimmy</a> and <a href="/facts/Nicola_King/Dmjjaqdm">Nicola King</a> and 22 June 2020 (episode 8800E) featuring <a href="/facts/Chas_Dingle/ygmUnrlN">Chas Dingle</a> and <a href="/facts/Paddy_Kirk/oTXgjoRJ">Paddy Kirk</a>, .</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Fair_City/BQEnbAUo">Fair City</a></i>: Episode (19 April 2017), featuring then-married couple <a href="/facts/Paul_Brennan_(Fair_City_character)/AV0YDKG7">Paul</a> and <a href="/facts/Niamh_Cassidy/AV0YDKG7">Niamh</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Family_Guy/J7wmfbrv">Family Guy</a></i>: <ul><li>"<a href="/facts/Brian_%26_Stewie/3qCM2305">Brian & Stewie</a>" (Season 9, Episode 17)</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Send_in_Stewie,_Please/M8paYSRL">Send in Stewie, Please</a>" (Season 16, Episode 12)</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Four_Star_Playhouse/Cl1mzlqF">Four Star Playhouse</a></i>: "Award" (Season 3, Episode 38)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Home_and_Away/xarskFnM">Home and Away</a></i>: Episode 6361 (15 February 2016), featuring <a href="/facts/Ricky_Sharpe_(Home_and_Away)/qbtK9wfJ">Ricky Sharpe</a> and <a href="/facts/Darryl_Braxton/xJ1bD765">Darryl Braxton</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Mad_About_You/gD1NgVdK">Mad About You</a></i>: "<a href="/facts/The_Conversation_(Mad_About_You)/C36I4cBk">The Conversation</a>" (Season 6, Episode 9)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Agents_of_S.H.I.E.L.D./TwREMA4e">Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.</a></i>: "<a href="/facts/4,722_Hours/vCw7jYlI">4,722 Hours</a>" (<a href="/facts/Agents_of_S.H.I.E.L.D._season_3/nKJgmLhV">Season 3</a> episode 6)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Maude_(TV_series)/0vPKatUm">Maude</a></i>: <ul><li>"Maude's Night Out" (Season 1, Episode 22)</li> <li>"The Convention" (Season 1, Episode 14)</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Miranda_(TV_series)/Yq0PAueG">Miranda</a></i>: "Just Act Normal" (Series 2, Episode 5), featuring Miranda and Penny in a therapy session following an unfortunate incident involving ice cream, a policeman, a teacher and their 30 pupils</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Neighbours/9zBRayaS">Neighbours</a></i>: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Episode_8052/ELhGfkn1">Episode 8052</a> (5 March 2019), featuring <a href="/facts/Toadfish_Rebecchi/l9qv0Utw">Toadfish Rebecchi</a> and <a href="/facts/Sonya_Rebecchi/7ATwdPj6">Sonya Rebecchi</a> in which the latter dies from cancer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Episode_8325/4yl4cS8C">Episode 8325</a> (23 March 2020), featuring <a href="/facts/Susan_Kennedy/phxNNjv4">Susan Kennedy</a> and <a href="/facts/Finn_Kelly/pJbpEYjq">Finn Kelly</a>, who chooses Susan as his next victim.</li> <li>Episode 9164 (16 December 2024), featuring <a href="/facts/Terese_Willis/cY5ml9uP">Terese Willis</a> and <a href="/facts/Paul_Robinson_(Neighbours)/QbeBtmPo">Paul Robinson</a>, culminating in their romantic reunion.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/One_Foot_in_the_Grave/Ccbd81WU">One Foot in the Grave</a></i>, series 2 episode 6, Timeless Time (15 November 1990), featuring only <a href="/facts/Victor_Meldrew/x0qVEHyr">Victor Meldrew</a> (<a href="/facts/Richard_Wilson_(Scottish_actor)/hhMc3pAP">Richard Wilson</a>) and Margaret Meldrew (<a href="/facts/Annette_Crosbie/d7XDAW2P">Annette Crosbie</a>) trying to get to sleep in bed at night.</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Please_Like_Me/Gm4IQITu">Please Like Me</a></i>: "Scroggin'" (Series 2, Episode 7), featuring Josh (<a href="/facts/Josh_Thomas_(comedian)/96omzlCT">Josh Thomas</a>) and Rose (<a href="/facts/Debra_Lawrance/Fuu6tYS5">Debra Lawrance</a>) hiking through the woods following the suicide of their friend. Thomas won an <a href="/facts/AACTA_Award_for_Best_Screenplay_in_Television/cPTEexRl">AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in Television</a> for writing the episode and Lawrance won an <a href="/facts/AACTA_Award_for_Best_Performance_in_a_Television_Comedy/h4fw4CbS">AACTA Award for Best Performance in a Television Comedy</a> for her portrayal of Rose. The episode also received accolades from both the <a href="/facts/Australian_Writers%27_Guild_Award/mVpHnhKu">Australian Writer's Guild</a> and <a href="/facts/Australian_Directors_Guild/KVlbH9js">Australian Directors Guild</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Porridge_(1974_TV_series)/2Uk3noMH">Porridge</a></i>: "<a href="/facts/A_Night_In/499rIJrc">A Night In</a>" (Series 1, Episode 3)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Twilight_Zone_(1959_TV_series)/gcxyGSnI">The Twilight Zone</a></i>: "<a href="/facts/Two_(The_Twilight_Zone)/Q5Hkt0sM">Two</a>" (Season 3, Episode 1), featuring <a href="/facts/Elizabeth_Montgomery/Yed9PkkE">Elizabeth Montgomery</a> and <a href="/facts/Charles_Bronson/Csh1z4vb">Charles Bronson</a></li></ul> <h2 id="television-series">Television series</h2> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Un_gars,_une_fille/5gBuwn4s">Un gars, une fille</a></i> (1997) by <a href="/facts/Guy_A._Lepage/AVtAcB9R">Guy A. Lepage</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Head_Case/vWk1U6H0">Head Case</a></i> (2007) by <a href="/facts/Alexandra_Wentworth/xbWvUR2u">Alexandra Wentworth</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Web_Therapy/FyhD5Fxn">Web Therapy</a></i> (2008) by <a href="/facts/Lisa_Kudrow/h1n7XVkr">Lisa Kudrow</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/In_Treatment_(U.S._TV_series)/UYu3FzFQ">In Treatment</a></i> (2008) by <a href="/facts/Rodrigo_Garc%C3%ADa_(director)/WTvXpPmC">Rodrigo Garcia</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Roger_%26_Val_Have_Just_Got_In/oCTFRb8s">Roger & Val Have Just Got In</a></i> (2010) by <a href="/facts/Dawn_French/Ao4VQ6nr">Dawn French</a></li></ul> <h2 id="radio">Radio</h2> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/The_Bickersons/ngTGlAhU">The Bickersons</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Ethel_and_Albert/VqX8Tgqp">Ethel and Albert</a></i> consisted mostly of two-handers.</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/John_Finnemore%27s_Double_Acts/DKvoISsW">John Finnemore's Double Acts</a></i></li> <li><i>Just Molly and Me</i> was a two-hander sequel to <i><a href="/facts/Fibber_McGee_and_Molly/KqRuP2WC">Fibber McGee and Molly</a></i>.</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Vic_and_Sade/MYfJap4t">Vic and Sade</a></i> began as a two-hander series and often returned to the format after a third character was added when one of the three took a day off.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Slanguage Dictionary Results - Two-hander". Variety. Retrieved 19 June 2008. <a href="https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=slanguage_result&slang=two-hander&page=Slanguage&display=two-hander" target="_blank">https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=slanguage_result&slang=two-hander&page=Slanguage&display=two-hander</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Wolcott, James (6 September 2010). "Crouching Duck, Hidden Draper: Mad Men Season 4, Episode 7". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 7 September 2010. <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2010/09/crouching-duck-hidden-draper-mad-men-season-4-episode-7.html" target="_blank">https://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2010/09/crouching-duck-hidden-draper-mad-men-season-4-episode-7.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Caption for still from William Gibson’s play "Two for the Seesaw." Photo credit Arthur Cantor; from "Looking Back at Arthur Penn" slide show; The New York Times, September 30, 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-04. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/09/29/arts/20100930_Penn_slideshow-5.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/09/29/arts/20100930_Penn_slideshow-5.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Caption for still from William Gibson’s play "Two for the Seesaw." Photo credit Arthur Cantor; from "Looking Back at Arthur Penn" slide show; The New York Times, September 30, 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-04. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/09/29/arts/20100930_Penn_slideshow-5.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/09/29/arts/20100930_Penn_slideshow-5.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"A Walk in the Woods". Playbill. 1988. <a href="http://www.playbill.com/production/a-walk-in-the-woods-booth-theatre-vault-0000001685" target="_blank">http://www.playbill.com/production/a-walk-in-the-woods-booth-theatre-vault-0000001685</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Stasio, Marilyn (30 September 2009). "Vigil". <a href="https://variety.com/2009/legit/reviews/vigil-4-1200475795/" target="_blank">https://variety.com/2009/legit/reviews/vigil-4-1200475795/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Gardner, Lyn (20 October 2009). "It Felt Empty When the Heart Went at First But It Is Alright Now - Theatre review". the Guardian. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/oct/20/it-felt-empty-when-review" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/oct/20/it-felt-empty-when-review</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now - Drama Online". www.dramaonlinelibrary.com. <a href="http://www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/plays/it-felt-empty-when-the-heart-went-at-first-but-it-is-alright-now-iid-141678" target="_blank">http://www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/plays/it-felt-empty-when-the-heart-went-at-first-but-it-is-alright-now-iid-141678</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Lucy Kirkwood interview: 'I worry a lot about the things I write'". 23 July 2013. <a href="https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/lucy-kirkwood-interview-i-worry-a-lot-about-the-things-i-write" target="_blank">https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/lucy-kirkwood-interview-i-worry-a-lot-about-the-things-i-write</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"What's On: Between the Sheets", Nightwood Theatre <a href="http://www.nightwoodtheatre.net/index.php/whats_on/between_the_sheets" target="_blank">http://www.nightwoodtheatre.net/index.php/whats_on/between_the_sheets</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Dramatists Play Service, Inc". www.dramatists.com. <a href="http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=5185" target="_blank">http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=5185</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Here's what everybody had to say about Fair City's explosive episode". 20 April 2017. <a href="https://www.breakingnews.ie/showbiz/heres-what-everybody-had-to-say-about-fair-citys-explosive-episode-786474.html" target="_blank">https://www.breakingnews.ie/showbiz/heres-what-everybody-had-to-say-about-fair-citys-explosive-episode-786474.html</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Kilkelly, Daniel (16 December 2024). "Neighbours confirms Paul and Terese outcome in latest episode". Digital Spy. Retrieved 17 December 2024. <a href="https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a63195002/neighbours-spoilers-paul-terese-outcome/" target="_blank">https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a63195002/neighbours-spoilers-paul-terese-outcome/</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>