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| The Actor's Nightmare | |
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| Written by | Christopher Durang |
| Characters | George Spelvin Meg Sarah Siddons Ellen Terry Henry Irving |
| Date premiered | October 14, 1981 |
| Place premiered | Playwrights Horizons New York City |
| Genre | Comedy |
The Actor's Nightmare is a short comic play by Christopher Durang. It involves an accountant named George Spelvin, who is mistaken for an actor's understudy and forced to perform in a play for which he does not know any of the lines.