Play For Today
Justin SherinIgnored and underrated plays that deserve new life.
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Peter Gill
I’m sorry for missing last week. Family obligations have been overwhelming. There may be some occasional pauses in the near future.
I hope this piece makes up for it. It could have been longer; I have a personal connection to Peter that I’...
Postcard From Grief, by Craig Lucas (essay, 1995)
My lover died this year on January 5th. We were together for eleven years. He was forty. His name was Timothy Scott Melester. He was a surgeon and an AIDS educator.
I find my way by sticking to simple declarative sentences: hand-holds...
Credo, by Craig Lucas (1995)
There’s bad days, awful ones, the worst of your life.
And this one.
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Christmas is over. Your lover d...
Three More Sleepless Nights, by Caryl Churchill (1979)
You’ve been here before, but not in the theatre.
The first scene is a teeth-rattling argument, a flash flood of words only possible between people who loved each other once. Frank keeps getting drunk and going home with a woman from the pu...
Robert Holman (1952-2021)
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I wrote the following after Robert’s death for a journal who will publish it later this year. Its format therefore differs from what Play For Today promises. But I hope it serves as a good introduction to his work. - JS
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