Intimate Exchanges (1982)
World Premiere: 3 June 1982
Venue: Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
London Premiere: 11 June 1984
Venue: Greenwich Theatre, London
New York Premiere: 31 May 2007
Venue: 59E59 Theatres, New York
Play Number: 29
Published: Samuel French (in Volume I & Volume II)
Other Media: Film, radio
Short Synopsis: Intimate Exchanges features two actors playing ten roles in a cycle of eight plays (each with two alternate final scenes) which share a common opening scene but a choice of two possibilities at every scene's climax. The play deals with the consequences of choice and how lives can take very different paths from the smallest to the biggest decisions.
Availability
Amateur: Apply to Concord Theatricals
Professional: Apply to Casarotto Ramsay
Intimate Exchanges quote
"Look, I don't want to hurt your feelings again unnecessarily, Celia, but there are a whole load of more important reasons than you and your mother, why a man should turn to drink, I can tell you."
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Intimate Exchanges
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