First performance 20 June 1996 Characters Ross Gardiner; Mr. Green | ||
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Date premiered June 20, 1996 (1996-06-20) Similar Old Wicked Songs, Lost in Yonkers, A Class Act, "Master Harold"and the Boys, Urban Cowboy | ||
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Visiting Mr. Green is a stage play by American author Jeff Baron that has been performed around the world.
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Storyline
Eighty-six-year-old widower Mr. Green is almost hit by a car driven by young corporate executive Ross Gardiner. Found guilty of reckless driving, Ross is ordered to spend the next six months making weekly visits to Mr. Green. What starts off as a comedy about two people who resent being in the same room together develops into drama, as family secrets are revealed and old wounds are opened.
History
On June 20, 1996 the play had its premiere at the Berkshire Theatre Festival in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, with Eli Wallach in the lead role; the production played at the Berkshire through July 6. From 1997 it played a year-long run at the Union Square Theatre in New York, again with Wallach in the lead role.
It was nominated for an ACE award (Buenos Aires), a Molière (Paris) and a Drama League Award (New York). It also won Best Play awards in Greece, Mexico, Israel, Uruguay, Turkey and Germany, and the Kulturpreis Europa. His newer plays have originated in Australia, South America and Europe.
The play has gone on to have over 400 productions in 45 countries and has been translated into 23 languages.
The United Nations presented a reading from the play by Eli Wallach in 1999.