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Me and My Friend

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 2m

Me and My Friend
by Gillian Plowman

A black comedy, the play explores the relationships between two "odd" couples thrown prematurely out of hospital care. Firstly, we see two men conduct fantasy interviews for jobs they will never get, then two women trying to "make plans" as urged to do by the hospital.

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    Cast Size
    2w, 2m

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Summary
A black comedy, the play explores the relationships between two "odd" couples thrown prematurely out of hospital care. Firstly, we see two men conduct fantasy interviews for jobs they will never get, then two women trying to "make plans" as urged to do by the hospital. They all meet when Oz throws a disastrous party with the four desperately attempting the niceties of social intercourse. Please note that the first two acts of this play may be presented as one-act plays, but that the third act may not.
M2 (30s-40s) F2 (20s-30s)
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting Two flats

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Gillian Plowman

Gillian won the Verity Bargate award in 1988 with Me and My Friend, a poignantly funny play about the release of four patients from a psychiatric hospital into the community. It was first produced at the Soho Poly Theatre in 1990 and at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 1992 ...
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