Bernard Slade

Same Time, Next Year Bernard Slade

Marc Notes: ; Doris is a young housewife from Oakland. George is an accountant from New Jersey. Once a year, every year, they have a romantic reunion, then return to their unsuspecting spouses.. Publisher Marketing: Full Length, Comedy Characters: 1 male, 1 femaleInterior Set One of the most popular romantic comedies of the century, Same Time, Next Year ran four years on Broadway, winning a Tony Award for lead actress Ellen Burstyn, who later recreated her role in the successful motion picture. It remains one of the world's most widely produced plays. The plot follows a love affair between two people, Doris and George, married to others, who rendezvous once a year. Twenty-five years of manners and morals are hilariously and touchingly played out by the lovers. "Delicious wit, compassion, a sense of humor and a feel for nostalgia."-The New York Times "Genuinely funny and genuinely romantic."-The New York Post