sweet eros is a one-act, two-character play by terrence mcnally, which premiered off-broadway in 1968. ==productions== sweet eros opened off-broadway at the gramercy arts theatre on november 21, 1968, on a double bill with another mcnally play, witness. the two plays closed on january 26, 1969. directed by larry arrick, the cast starred sally kirkland as "the girl" and robert drivas as the "young man" (to whom mcnally dedicated the work)."'sweet eros' listing" internet off-broadway database, accessed april 25, 2014barnes, clive. "theater: 'sweet eros' and 'witness': a terrence mcnally double bill opens", the new york times, november 22, 1968: p.38 ===regional and international=== some u.s. productions of sweet eros (as of 2008) have been produced in washington, d.c., by source theatre company and yellow taxi productions (feb.-march 2004), directed by dominic a. d'andrea, featuring justin benoit and marybeth fritzky;"mcnally: the early works" source theatre, accessed april 25, 2014 in madison, wisconsin, by mercury players theatre (merclab) (july 2006),"past productions" mercuryplayerstheatre.com, accessed april 25, 2014 directed by cara peterson and featuring kelly lee kriesel and r. peter hunt; in austin, texas, by tongue and groove theatre (sept. 2006), directed by david yeakle and featuring mark stewart and hilah johnson;"listing" tongueandgroovetheatre.com, accessed april 25, 2014 and in tucson, arizona, by live theatre workshop (may 2008), directed by danielle dryer and featuring miranda mcbride and christopher johnson.reel, james. "ltw's 'sweet eros' proves to be disturbing and disquieting" tucson weekly, may 22, 2008 a may 2005 revival in brisbane, queensland, australia, was staged by and featured robert braiden and veronica smith. ==plot== a disturbed young man, soured by two failed romantic relationships, has kidnapped a young woman (a complete stranger) and taken her to his home in the country. as the play opens, the woman is seated in a chair, bound and gagged, the man sitting opposite, observing her. the man explains to the woman his reasons for kidnapping her, saying he had long fantasized about doing such a thing to a young woman. he methodically strips his captive naked, presumably rapes her, then proceeds to subject her to an ongoing series of rants, ruminations and reflections on life and love as he seeks to force the woman to understand him - and, ultimately, to submit to him.zinman, toby silverman. [http:/
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