Two Sundays & Plaintiffs and Defendants

Name: Two Sundays & Plaintiffs and Defendants
Genre: Drama
Released: 2026-05-03
Duration: 2 h 49 min
Cast: Alan Bates, Dinsdale Landen, Rosemary Martin, Georgina Hale, Stephen Grover

A double bill of two of Simon Gray's classic plays. Two Sundays (75 mins) followed by a 30 min intermission, followed by Plaintiffs and Defendants (64 min). TWO SUNDAYS: Set across two contrasting Sundays, the story traces shifting relationships and unspoken disappointments within a single household. Intimate and unsentimental, it captures the small moments that reveal deeper truths about love, obligation, and change. PLAINTIFFS AND DEFENDANTS: As legal tensions unfold, private grievances and moral ambiguities surface, revealing the emotional cost beneath formal disputes. Wry, incisive, and quietly unsettling, it offers a penetrating look at power, responsibility, and human frailty. GRAY MATTERS: The Films of Simon Gray "It is a curious thing, being alive... It's like living in a room with a clock that ticks the wrong time, but there's no one around to tell you. The Chiswick Cinema are delighted to host this exclusive season celebrating the career of Simon Gray. About SIMON GRAY: Simon Gray (1936 - 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, and novelist, best known for his deep and witty explorations of the human condition. His darkly comedic work often featured academic, middle-class characters caught in emotional or intellectual crisis, told with razor sharp dialogue. His ability to balance humour with existential despair has earned him a lasting place in theatre. His contemporary Harold Pinter, directed several of his plays. Gray wrote novels, screenplays and candid memoirs that reflected on his work, health, smoking and depression. His style has a dryly intelligent rigor, with brilliant wit, self-deprecation and philosophic honesty often going hand in hand. Disillusionment, achievement, and the despair in everyday entrapments are a throughline to the psychologically complex texts.DramaPT2H49M182026-05-03

Alan Bates

Dinsdale Landen

Rosemary Martin

Georgina Hale

Stephen Grover

Andrew Burleigh

Benjamin Whitrow

Victor Langley Simon Cadell & Rosemary McHale

Alan Bates

Dinsdale Landen

Daniel St. George

Georgina Hale

Simon Cadell

Benjamin Whitrow

Rosemary Martin

Victor Langley

Tom Kempinski

Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Two Sundays & Plaintiffs and Defendants"Two Sundays & Plaintiffs and Defendants"

Showtimes

May 3, 7:00 pm