COUPLE OF THE CENTURY

by William Ivor Fowkes

FULL-LENGTH PLAY (85 MINUTES). Looking for love, marriage and therapy on Central Park West. Nick Turner and Diane London make an unlikely married couple. He’s a college dropout from Flatbush, Brooklyn with a successful contracting business and an overactive libido. She’s a Yale-educated psychotherapist with a keen sense of what’s proper. After an opening scene in which we discover them at a point of crisis, the...

FULL-LENGTH PLAY (85 MINUTES). Looking for love, marriage and therapy on Central Park West. Nick Turner and Diane London make an unlikely married couple. He’s a college dropout from Flatbush, Brooklyn with a successful contracting business and an overactive libido. She’s a Yale-educated psychotherapist with a keen sense of what’s proper. After an opening scene in which we discover them at a point of crisis, the play moves backwards to explore the evolution of their fumbling relationship. Along the way we see what happens when people can’t even discuss what’s wrong; when old friends don’t help matters any; and when achieving sexual intimacy seems to require advanced acting skills. In the final scene, we’re back in the present, wondering if things can possibly work out.

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COUPLE OF THE CENTURY

Character Information

  • Diane London
    Attractive, articulate and reserved. Yale graduate from Short Hills, New Jersey turned therapist.
    Character Age
    30s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • Nick Turner
    Attractive, self-confident, charming and in good physical shape. College dropout from Flatbush, Brooklyn turned successful contractor.
    Character Age
    30s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Male
  • Ed
    Pompous, competitive, “aristocratic” and stiff. A lawyer from Greenwich, CT. Married to Caroline. Former classmate of Caroline and Diane at Yale.
    Character Age
    30s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Male
  • Caroline
    Friendly, funny, easygoing, and easily distracted. Married to Ed. Diane’s best friend. Former classmate of Diane and Ed at Yale.
    Character Age
    30s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Female

Production History

  • Type University, Organization (Livestream Production) UNLV Second Stage, Las Vegas, NV. , Year 2021
  • Type Workshop, Organization Downtown Urban Theater Festival at the Cherry Lane Theatre, Year 2008

Awards

  • 8th National Readers Theatre Playwriting Competition
    Open Book, New York City
    Semi-Finalist
    2006