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Tribute: A Play in Two Acts
3 male, 4 female Interior and Exterior Set Scottie Templeton's a charming, irresponsible fellow. A sometime Broadway press agent and former scriptwriter, he's everyone's friend, nobody's hero and a great womanizer who's managed to live over fifty years without taking anything seriously including love, marriage and fatherhood. Life's been one continuous gag. But at fifty one, he finds the script's been rewritten as a he is fatally ill. His son Jud, alienated b
- GenresPlays
96 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1991
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About the author
Bernard Slade
18 books8 followersBernard Slade was a Canadian playwright and screenwriter.
Slade began his career as an actor with the Garden Center Theater in Vineland, Ontario. In the mid-1960s, he relocated to Hollywood and began to work as a writer for television sitcoms, including Bewitched. When ABC gave him the opportunity to create a series, he devised Love on a Rooftop, similar in theme to Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park, about a young couple living in a windowless walk-up apartment with access to a rooftop with a view of San Francisco.
The following year, Slade created The Flying Nun (adapted from Tere Rios' book, The Fifteenth Pelican), with Sally Field as a young novice whose habit's headgear enabled her to fly. He also was responsible for The Partridge Family, based on the real-life Cowsills, and Bridget Loves Bernie, inspired by the play Abie's Irish Rose.
Slade returned to the theater in 1975 with his play Same Time, Next Year, about a couple who are married to others but meet once-a-year for sex and conversation. The play was a major hit and ran for 1453 performances. Slade received the Drama Desk Award and a Tony Award nomination for Best Play. In 1978, he followed with Tribute, the story of a man who learns to love his father, a successful actor who always had more time for his theatrical cohorts than his son. Slade was received an Oscar-nomination for his screen adaptation of Same Time, Next Year.
-From Wikipedia
Slade began his career as an actor with the Garden Center Theater in Vineland, Ontario. In the mid-1960s, he relocated to Hollywood and began to work as a writer for television sitcoms, including Bewitched. When ABC gave him the opportunity to create a series, he devised Love on a Rooftop, similar in theme to Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park, about a young couple living in a windowless walk-up apartment with access to a rooftop with a view of San Francisco.
The following year, Slade created The Flying Nun (adapted from Tere Rios' book, The Fifteenth Pelican), with Sally Field as a young novice whose habit's headgear enabled her to fly. He also was responsible for The Partridge Family, based on the real-life Cowsills, and Bridget Loves Bernie, inspired by the play Abie's Irish Rose.
Slade returned to the theater in 1975 with his play Same Time, Next Year, about a couple who are married to others but meet once-a-year for sex and conversation. The play was a major hit and ran for 1453 performances. Slade received the Drama Desk Award and a Tony Award nomination for Best Play. In 1978, he followed with Tribute, the story of a man who learns to love his father, a successful actor who always had more time for his theatrical cohorts than his son. Slade was received an Oscar-nomination for his screen adaptation of Same Time, Next Year.
-From Wikipedia
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June 15, 2017
4 women, 3 men, no children
Requires a revolving bar, otherwise set build looks conventional.
Requires a chicken suit.
Very feasible for a small community theatre.
Entertaining story about a memoriam held before death, and a father-son attempted reconciliation before the father passes away. Story starts dragging in the second act, and the plot tries to make up for it with profanity- doesn't work. Ending is anticlimactic.
Requires a revolving bar, otherwise set build looks conventional.
Requires a chicken suit.
Very feasible for a small community theatre.
Entertaining story about a memoriam held before death, and a father-son attempted reconciliation before the father passes away. Story starts dragging in the second act, and the plot tries to make up for it with profanity- doesn't work. Ending is anticlimactic.
November 17, 2021
Not my favorite.
July 3, 2023
What a delightful, old-school star vehicle. I truly enjoyed reading it and will search for the 1980 film version.
Makes me sad that there are not plays like this anymore.
Makes me sad that there are not plays like this anymore.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews