"I agree that it's sort of odd that whomever is in charge of such things wouldn't create another such hybrid that would better suit the stars. If I were in charge generally, not specific to this production, I would allow the acts of all three of these plays to be performed either completely separately or allow rights seekers their choice of acts from all three plays to produce under the generic title HOTEL SUITE. "
It's a very interesting suggestion. I wonder if Simon was ever approached during his lifetime,to license the plays in such a way (other than the Roundabout production). I'm thinking perhaps he would not have wanted to give people the ability to perform ANY three (or perhaps even just two) of the plays together because it might have been felt that certain combinations would not have been ideal in terms of tone, length of the evening, whatever. But they could still have licensed other combinations on a case by case basis. I don't know if anything like that might be possible now that Simon is deceased and Elaine Joyce is presumably the person who makes such decisions. |
