Orphans

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Orphans is a stage play by Lyle Kessler, best known for its intense three-character drama about two orphaned brothers and a mysterious businessman who upends their lives.

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instanceOf stage play
author Lyle Kessler
BroadwayOpeningYear 2013
countryOfOrigin United States
filmAdaptationDirector Alan J. Pakula
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1987
firstProducedAt The Matrix Theatre, Los Angeles
firstProductionYear 1983
genre drama
hasFilmAdaptation Orphans (1987 film)
linked to: Orphans
hasSmallCast true
isFrequentlyRevived true
language English
mainCharacter Harold
Phillip
Treat
notableActorInRoleHarold Alec Baldwin
John Mahoney
notableActorInRolePhillip Kevin Anderson
notableActorInRoleTreat Ben Foster
Terry Kinney
notableAwardRecognition Drama Desk Award nominations
linked to: Drama Desk Award
notableDirector Daniel Sullivan
Gary Sinise
notableProduction Broadway production at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Steppenwolf Theatre Company production
numberOfActs two-act play
numberOfCharacters three-character play
publisher Dramatists Play Service
setting Philadelphia
settingDetail North Philadelphia row house
structure realist drama
subjectMatter family dynamics
orphaned brothers
surrogate fatherhood
urban isolation
theme power and dependency
search for family
violence and tenderness
typicalRunningTime approximately two hours
writer Lyle Kessler

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