Same Time, Next Year

By Bernard Slade

Book Overview

Full Length Comedy

Characters: 1 male 1 female

Interior Set

One of the most popular romantic comedies of the century Same Time Next Year ran four years on Broadway winning a Tony Award for lead actress Ellen Burstyn who later recreated her role in the successful motion picture. It remains one of the world's most widely produced plays. The plot follows a love affair between two people Doris and George married to others who rendezvous once a year. Twenty-f

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0573616043
• ISBN13: 9780573616044
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Concord Theatricals
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A fun romantic comedy with engaging conversation

Same Time Next Year is a romantic, whimsical, and fun comedy where two people meet for one February weekend each year for an adulterous affair. The meetings begin in 1951 and end in 1975. They don't carry on a relationship outside this weekend, not even phone calls, so the events in their lives are new to each other. For the reader, we get the sense of the yearly distance. From New Jersey, 27 year old accountant George refers to his life as a brown-thumb. Doing the books for a friend in the California wine business, he met 25 year old Doris who lives in Oakland with a moderate stay--at-home life; each have spouses and six kids between them. The entire action takes place in a cottage room outside San Francisco. After their liaison, George and Doris discuss partners, career changes, kids, impotence, pregnancy, sexuality, politics, etc. They have a pact that they will share a couple of good stories and couple of bad stories about each other's spouses. We get a good look at George's attitude and life changes too. Written by Bernard Slade, known for television comedy creations; this play can easily transfer to film, which did star Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn. It has subtle humor, and to me, is reminiscent of a Neil Simon play. Two actors must carry this entire play, plus, they need to age within time as it's chapters are chronologically that begins in 1951 thru 1971, a long time. As you read through the ages, it's clear that the characters encounter life changing elements. The reader gets clear idea of the time, when historic references are made. This is excellent!! .....Marrianne Rizzuto