plays with alternate endings

[Poulsen, John]

In 1670, a very popular adaptation of Romeo and Juliet ran that had alternate endings. One night the lovers lived the next they died.


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From: Mike Czuba <czuba.mike at GMAIL.COM<mailto:czuba.mike at GMAIL.COM>>
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Subject: Re: plays with alternate endings

Did Miller's A View from the Bridge have different versions/endings...?

Mike.


On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Don Rubin <drubin at yorku.ca<mailto:drubin at yorku.ca>> wrote:
ibsen also wrote an alternative ending tro doll's house where nora comes back (or doesn't leave). but he never approved of his own alternative. he said if his play has to be butchered he wd prefer to do it himself.

don

On 3/20/2013 11:48 AM, Robin C. Whittaker wrote:

There's John Krizanc's /Tamara/ where each audience member follows a different character through the house and experiences entirely different scenes in the play (including the ending).

And I saw /Sleep No More/ in New York this fall, a wild and loose adaptation of /MacBeth/, where you do the same thing as in /Tamar//a/ but you can also just wander the old hotel on your own and explore the densely curated and designed rooms across six floors.

And in a different sense, Caryl Churchill rewrote the ending to /Cloud 9/ for its American premier (though it's not a choice).

Cheers,
Robin.

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St. Thomas University
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On 2013-03-20 12:36 PM, Craig Walker wrote:
The Mystery of Edwin Drood---the musical
Night of January 16th, by Ayn Rand (jury verdict)
and maybe Shaw's "Cymbeline Refinished" counts.

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Head of Drama and
Professor of Drama and English

Department of Drama
Queen's University
Kingston, ON
Canada K7L 3N6
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The first Canadian one that pops to mind for me is Rex Deverell's TYA play, *Copetown City Kite Crisis*, where the audience votes for the ending it wants.

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Ric

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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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