Elegy for a Lady

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Elegy for a Lady is a one-act play by Arthur Miller. [1] It was first presented in 1982 by the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, where it was combined with Some Kind of Love Story under the title 2 by A.M.; [2] the combination of these two plays has also been presented as Two-Way Mirror.

Two-Way Mirror was presented by David Thacker at the Young Vic Theatre in 1989 with Helen Mirren and Bob Peck. [3] The Courtyard Theatre, Covent Garden Studio Theatre [4] in 2006 [5] and at Theatre by the Lake in 2017. [6]

Cesear's Forum, Cleveland's minimalist theatre company at Playhouse Square presented the play with Sylvia Plath's Three Women [7] in 2012. [8] [9]

Elegy for a Lady was first published by Dramatists Play Service in 1982 [1] as ISBN   978-0-8222-0356-8. [10]

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