Some Kind of Love Story

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Some Kind of Love Story 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 Elegy for a Lady under the title 2 by A.M.; [2] the combination of these two plays has also been presented as Two-Way Mirror. [1]

Some Kind of Love Story was first published by Dramatists Play Service in 1983 [1] as ISBN   978-0-8222-1053-5. [2]

Miller adapted the play as the 1990 film Everybody Wins , directed by Karel Reisz and starring Debra Winger and Nick Nolte. [3]

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  2. 1 2 "Some Kind of Love Story". New York City: Dramatists Play Service . Retrieved 2009-10-04.
  3. "Everybody Wins (1990)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films . Retrieved November 28, 2022.