plays with alternate endings

[Paul Halferty]

Hello To All,

The published version of John Herbert's *Fortune and Men's Eyes* is not
what was originally performed at the Actors Playhouse in New York, or on
the tour which that production took across North America in 1967-68. In the
performed version, Smitty's seminal threat, which he addresses to the
audience and which concludes the play, "I'll pay you all back," was cut.
This change was made at the request of the play's original director,
Mitchell Nestor.

Best,
Paul


On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Rebecca Burton
<becca_burton3 at hotmail.com>wrote:

> HI
>
> There's also the San Francisco Mime Troupe/Joan Holden's T*he Independent
> Female; Or, Man Has His Pride*. Once again, the audience votes on the
> ending.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rebecca
>
> > Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:36:38 +0000
> > From: walkerc at QUEENSU.CA
>
> > Subject: Re: plays with alternate endings
> > To: CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA
>
> >
> > The Mystery of Edwin Drood---the musical
> > Night of January 16th, by Ayn Rand (jury verdict)
> > and maybe Shaw's "Cymbeline Refinished" counts.
> >
> > Craig Walker
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> > ________________________________________
> > From: Canadian Theatre Research [CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA] on behalf of
> Ric Knowles [rknowles at UOGUELPH.CA]
> > Sent: 20 March 2013 11:09
> > To: CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA
> > Subject: Re: plays with alternate endings
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Ric
> >
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> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Glen Nichols" <gnichols at MTA.CA>
> > To: CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 10:45:28 AM
> > 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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