The Two of Us (play)


The Two of Us is a 1970 play by British playwright Michael Frayn. It consists of four one-act plays for two actors and is Frayn's first published play.
It was first performed at the Garrick Theatre by Richard Briers and Lynn Redgrave.
The four plays that make up The Two of Us are:
Lynn Redgrave and John Clark later optioned The Two of Us for a successful 1975 coast to coast United States tour. Unable to find one actor willing and able to play all the male parts, director Clark settled for three actors. For The New Quixote he had cast a black actor to increase the woman's dilemma, but when the play reached Elitch Gardens in Denver, the theatre producer refused to let the play go on unless the part was recast with a white actor. The same refusal was repeated throughout the tour.