A two-hander is a term for a play, film, or television programme with only two main characters. The two characters in question often display differences in social standing or experiences, differences that are explored and possibly overcome as the story unfolds. Instances of two-handers may include theatre, film, television episodes, television series, and radio.
Theatre
The Stronger (1889) by August Strindberg (also dramatic monologue) Pariah (1889) by August Strindberg Hughie (1942) by Eugene O'Neill The Fourposter (1951) by Jan de Hartog Two for the Seesaw (1958) by William Gibson The Zoo Story (1959) by Edward Albee The Dumb Waiter (1960) by Harold Pinter Happy Days (1961) by Samuel Beckett The Blood Knot (1961) by Athol Fugard Dutchman (1966) by LeRoi Jones I Do! I Do! (1966) by Tom Jones Same Time, Next Year (1975) by Bernard Slade The Gin Game (1976) by Donald L. Coburn The Woods (1977) by David Mamet Talley's Folly (1980) by Lanford Wilson Duet for One (1980, filmed in 1986) by Tom Kempinski Educating Rita (1980) by Willy Russell Mass Appeal (1980) by Bill C. Davis 'night, Mother (1982) by Marsha Norman Some Men Need Help (1982) by John Ford Noonan The Woman in Black (1987) by Stephen Mallatratt The Meeting (1987) by Jeff Stetson Love Letters (1988) by A. R. Gurney Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (1987) by Terrence McNally A Walk in the Woods (1988) by Lee Blessing The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (1988) by Jeremy Paul Oleanna (1992) by David Mamet Lonely Planet (1993) by Steven Dietz John & Jen (1995) by Andrew Lippa and Tom Greenwald Same Time, Another Year (1995) by Bernard Slade (sequel) Disco Pigs (1996) by Enda Walsh Stones in His Pockets (1996) by Marie Jones Vigil (1996) by Morris Panych The Blue Room (1998) by David Hare Freud's Last Session (1999) by Mark St. Germain Vincent River (2000) by Philip Ridley Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (2001) by Richard Alfieri The Last Five Years (2001) by Jason Robert Brown Topdog/Underdog (2001) by Suzan-Lori Parks A Number (2002) by Caryl Churchill Adrenalin...Heart (2002) by Georgia Fitch Tuesdays with Morrie (2002) by Mitch Albom and Jeffrey Hatcher Matt & Ben (2002) by Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers The Sunset Limited (2006) by Cormac McCarthy The Story of My Life (2009) by Neil Bartram and Brian Hill A Steady Rain (2007) by Keith Huff It Felt Empty When The Heart Went At First But It Is Alright Now (2009) by Lucy Kirkwood The Mountaintop (2009) by Katori Hall Red (2009) by John Logan Venus in Fur (2010) by David Ives Lungs (2011) by Duncan Macmillan In a Forest, Dark and Deep (2011) by Neil LaBute Tender Napalm (2011) by Philip Ridley Constellations (2012) by Nick Payne Between the Sheets (2012) by Jordi Mand The Anarchist (2012) by David Mamet The Velocity of Autumn (2013) by Eric Coble Sex With Strangers (2014) by Laura Eason China Doll (2015) by David Mamet Guards at the Taj (2015) by Rajiv Joseph A Case for the Existence of God (2022) by Samuel D. Hunter