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two-hander

British  
/ ˌtuːˈhændə /

noun

  1. a play for two actors

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To cherish O’Hara for these immortalizing parts is to acknowledge her awareness that a parent’s relationship with each of their children is a two-hander.

From Salon

It followed a critically acclaimed run in London's West End this summer in The Fifth Step, a two-hander play with Martin Freeman.

From BBC

Simon Stephens’ drama, presented at the Mark Taper Forum in 2017, is a two-hander that tests the validity of the uncertainty principle in the arena of human relationships.

From Los Angeles Times

Two venerable stage actors, Reed Birney and Lisa Emery, brought a shining luster to Donald Margulies’s “Lunar Eclipse,” a whisper-quiet two-hander about a long-married couple reckoning with the vagaries of the past, and how life’s afflictions have led them to drift apart.

From The Wall Street Journal

The film is a two-hander shared by Oscar winners: a formidable Russell Crowe as Göring and a squirrely Rami Malek as Kelley.

From Los Angeles Times