Two-hander
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Two-hander is a term for a play, movie, or television programme with only two main characters.
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Theatre
- The Stronger (1889) by August Strindberg (This play is also an example of a dramatic monologue.)
- Two for the Seesaw (1958) by William Gibson
- The Zoo Story (1959) by Edward Albee
- The Dumb Waiter (1960) by Harold Pinter
- The Gin Game (1976) by D.L. Coburn
- Talley's Folly (1980) by Lanford Wilson
- Duet for One (1980, filmed in 1986), by Tom Kempinski
- Educating Rita (1980) by Willy Russell
- Love Letters (1988) by A. R. Gurney
- Oleanna (1992) by David Mamet
- Disco Pigs (1996) by Enda Walsh
- adrenalin...heart (2002) by Georgia Fitch
- Blackbird (2005) by David Harrower
- A Steady Rain (2007) by Keith Huff
- it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now (2009) by Lucy Kirkwood
- Venus in Fur (2010) by David Ives
- In a Forest, Dark and Deep (2011) by Neil LaBute
- Constellations (2012) by Nick Payne
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Film
- My Dinner with Andre (1981) by Louis Malle
- Sleuth (1972) by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Television
- EastEnders two-hander episodes
- Maude; several episodes (such as "Maude's Night Out" and "The Convention") featured only the characters of Maude and Walter
- In Treatment portrays the relationship between a psychotherapist and his clients, so most episodes are entirely or primarily two-handers.
- Dinner for One (1963) by Lauri Wylie, a one-off TV special traditionally associated with New Year's Eve in central Europe
- "Brian & Stewie", episode of Family Guy
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