plays with alternate endings

[Hanson, Nicholas]

Two other TYA plays that include alternate endings:

In David Wood's The See-Saw Tree, the audience votes whether to cut down an old tree in order to make room for a playground:
http://www.davidwood.org.uk/plays/plays_the_see_saw_tree.htm

In Alan Ayckbourn's Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays, there are more than a hundred variations!
http://mrasamazing.alanayckbourn.net/styled-4/styled-2/index.html

Two mystery plays with multiple endings, based upon audience voting:
-The musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood features multiple endings, each with their own song.
-The comedy Shear Madness includes semi-improvised endings, depending on which character the audience believes committed the murder.


Best wishes,
Nicholas Hanson
Associate Professor
University of Lethbridge,
Department of Theatre & Dramatic Arts
http://people.uleth.ca/~nicholas.hanson/

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Subject: plays with alternate endings

Hello
Class is working with Lion in the Streets this week and some students were struck by the presence of two possible endings and asked if this was unique. I said it’s not common but is far from unique… on the spot, however, I ran out of examples after an Acadian play I know and Fo’s Death of an Anarchist… figured I’d come up with some more before going back to class tomorrow but the mind is blank…. Any titles come to mind??
Glen

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Subject: plays with alternate endings

Hello
Class is working with Lion in the Streets this week and some students were struck by the presence of two possible endings and asked if this was unique. I said it’s not common but is far from unique… on the spot, however, I ran out of examples after an Acadian play I know and Fo’s Death of an Anarchist… figured I’d come up with some more before going back to class tomorrow but the mind is blank…. Any titles come to mind??
Glen
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