"Same Time, Next Year" by Bernard Slade
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Same Time, Next Year is 1975 comedy play by Bernard Slade. The plot focuses on two people, married to others, who meet for a romantic tryst once a year for two dozen years.

Synopsis

New Jersey accountant George and Oakland housewife Doris meet at a Northern California inn in February 1951. They have an affair, and agree to meet once a year, despite the fact both are married to others and have six children between them.

Over the course of the next 24 years, they develop an emotional intimacy deeper than what one would expect to find between two people meeting for a clandestine relationship just once a year. During the time they spend with each other, they discuss the births, deaths, and marital problems each is experiencing at home, while they adapt themselves to the social changes affecting their lives.

Characters

  • George
  • Doris

Production History

Date Venue Company
Mar 14, 1975 Brooks Atkinson Theatre
1976 Prince of Wales Theatre
May 16, 1978 Ambassador Theatre
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