"represented 14 of the 20 productions. The series was based on ""Everybody Comes to Rick's"", a play written in 1940 by American authors Murray Burnett and Joan Alison, and the celebrated 1941 film version, ""Casablanca"". It starred Charles McGraw as Rick Blaine, the character played in the film by Humphrey Bogart. After the 7-episode ""Kings Row"", it was the second-least-successful among Orr's twenty ABC series, canceled after the production of only ten episodes. Director John Peyser has attributed the failure to studio head Jack L. Warner's refusal to finalize the hiring of charismatic rising star Anthony Quinn to play Rick"
"screen"". Burnett unsuccessfully sued for $6.5 million in damages, contending his play had provided the heart of the film. In 1991, Howard Koch, who was then 89 years old, said in a letter to the ""Los Angeles Times"" that, after rereading the play, he thought it had provided ""the spine"" of the movie. When the television series based on ""Casablanca"" aired in 1983, Burnett and Alison sued Warner Brothers for royalties. Burnett also said that he wanted to control his characters and intended to complete a sequel to the play. In 1986 the New York State Court of Appeals determined"
"undertaking a game of chess with the personification of Death until he can perform one meaningful altruistic act of conscience (overturning the chess board to distract Death long enough for a family of jugglers to escape in their wagon). The 1942 ""Casablanca"" centers on the development of conscience in the cynical American Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) in the face of oppression by the Nazis and the example of the resistance leader Victor Laszlo.The David Lean and Robert Bolt screenplay for ""Doctor Zhivago"" (an adaptation of Boris Pasternak's novel) focuses strongly on the conscience of a doctor-poet in the midst of"
"of the play in relation to the movie. Koch and the Epsteins received an Academy Award for best screenplay in 1943, but little recognition was given to Burnett and Alison. The lead actors were not particularly aware of the film's basis. For instance, in 1974, Ingrid Bergman said in an interview: ""Adapted from a play? 'Casablanca'? I don't think so."" In 1973, the screenwriter Howard Koch wrote in ""New York"" magazine that ""Everybody Comes to Rick's"" ""provided an exotic locale and a character named Rick who ran a cafe but little in the way of a story adaptable to the"
"was a high school teacher at Central Commercial High School before becoming a playwright. After a trip to Europe in 1938 to help their Jewish relatives smuggle money out of Nazi-occupied Austria, the Burnetts went to the Mediterranean. They saw many exiles and refugees there. Burnett was inspired by events to make notes for a play. He completed the play about ""Rick's"" during the summer of 1940, with collaboration by his then wife Joan Alison. They later divorced. (Kabatchnik says they were married when they collaborated on two plays.) Their first play, ""One in a Million,"" an anti-Nazi spy vehicle,"
"They featured Rick, an American bar owner of the ""Café Americain"" in Casablanca, Morocco, whose European inhabitants, military personnel and refugees often frequent the cafe. Eventually, Rick helps an idealistic Czech resistance fighter escape with the woman Rick loves. Soon after, Carly Wharton and Martin Gabel took an option to produce the play. But there was resistance since it might seem to some that Lois (Ilsa in the movie) ""had slept with Rick in Casablanca in order to get the letters of transit"". When Burnett and Alison failed to find a Broadway producer, they sold the play to Warner Brothers"
"""The Tigress"" by Ramsey Morris; ""The Long Strike"" by Dion Boucicault; Lester Wallack's ""Rosedale""; another Boucicault play, ""The Streets of New York"", with Grismer and Davies playing the principal roles, Tom Badger and Alida Bloodgood; ""Enoch Arden"", from the poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson; ""The Wages of Sin"", a morality story by Frank Harvey Sr.; and ""The Calthorpe Case"", a melodrama by Arthur Goodrich. In 1893 Grismer and Davies began what would turn out to be a long tour of the major cities of the Eastern United States as Captain Harry Ford and Georgia Gwynne in his original play, ""The"
"Vienna to help Jewish relatives smuggle money out of the country occupied by the Nazis since March of that year. Later, the couple visited a small town in the south of France, where they went to a nightclub overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. A black pianist played jazz for a crowd of French, Nazis, and refugees. Burnett returned to the USA via the UK, staying a few weeks in Bournemouth. While there he started to make notes for his anti-Nazi play. In the summer of 1940, the 27-year-old teacher completed the play in six weeks with the collaboration of Joan Alison."
"include ""Russet Mantle"" (1936), ""Soliloquy"" (1938), ""The Unconquered"" (1940), ""Johnny Belinda"" (1940), ""As You Like It"" (1941), ""Lute Song"" (1946), ""Land's End"" (1946), ""The House of Bernarda Alba"" (1951), ""Diamond Orchid"" (1965), and ""More Stately Mansions"" (1967). Her work in ""Johnny Belinda"" required her to learn sign language, which she used throughout the play as she portrayed the deaf title character. She also had to learn to not react to lines spoken by other actors in the play. Preparation for the role included four weeks' study with a teacher who read the script and taught Craig the appropriate signs. Craig"
"(1942). It was originally written for the Broadway show ""Everybody's Welcome"" (1931), which ran for 139 performances. In 1931, the song was a modest hit, with versions issued on Victor, Columbia, Brunswick and the dime store labels. The song was featured in the unproduced play ""Everybody Comes To Rick's"", which was the basis for the ""Casablanca"" story and script. Against Max Steiner's wishes (he wrote the music for the film), it was decided to feature the 1931 song in the 1942 film. It has been well documented that the producers considered dropping the song in post-production, but since Ingrid Bergman"
"as Charles Vyse ""May Hallatt"" as Mrs Croft ""Charles Mortimer"" as Inspector Weston ""Margery Caldicott"" as Dr. Helen Graham ""Nancy Poultney"" as Janet Buckley The play was first published by Samuel French in February 1945 as ""French's Acting Edition 962"", priced four shillings. A radio version of the play was presented on the BBC Home Service on Saturday, 29 May 1948 from 9.20 to 10.45pm as part of the ""Saturday Night Theatre"" strand. The play was adapted by Mollie Greenhalgh, produced by William Hughes and starred Austin Trevor who had appeared in three films in the 1930s as Poirot: ""Alibi"""
"of the film ""Atlantic"". Noël Coward's highly successful 1931 play ""Cavalcade"", adapted into an Oscar-winning film of the same name in 1933, has a romantic plot which features a shock ending set aboard the ""Titanic"". In 1974 the disaster was used as the backdrop for the play ""Titanic"", which D. Brian Anderson characterises as ""a one-act sexual farce"". The passengers and crew eagerly await the arrival of the iceberg but the ship fails to find it. While ""Titanic"" wanders the ocean looking for the iceberg, those aboard fill the time by making a series of sexual revelations, such as the"
"in ""The Wandering Jew"" in 1920. From Shakespeare to farce, she established herself as a regular member of the Aldwych Theatre company where she appeared in plays from 1929 to 1933. She began to appear in British films, usually in haughty upper-class roles. Varden's English film roles led to offers from Hollywood, and she moved there at the start of World War II, beginning a long career of playing character and supporting roles. Notable films Varden appeared in include ""Casablanca"" (1942), ""The Major and the Minor"" (1942), ""The White Cliffs of Dover"" (1944), ""National Velvet"" (1944), ""The Green Years"" (1946),"
"November 4, 1954. An American production of the revised play opened on Broadway on December 5, 1955 with Ruth Gordon as Dolly and had a far more successful run of 486 performances, followed by a motion picture version starring Shirley Booth as Dolly. ""The Matchmaker"" later served as the basis for Jerry Herman's 1964 musical hit ""Hello, Dolly!"", running for 2,844 performances. The Merchant of Yonkers The Merchant of Yonkers is a 1938 play by Thornton Wilder. ""The Merchant of Yonkers"" had its origins in an 1835 one-act farce by the English dramatist John Oxenford. Oxenford's work, ""A Day Well"
"beginning with ""Laura Garnett"", whose main character had much in common with Isadora Duncan. The play was first performed at Dobbs Ferry, New York State, in July 1934 with Ethel Barrymore and later in the Arts Theatre Club, London, in September 1936 with Mary Clare playing the title role. ""The Four Partners"", a play in German by Jochen Huth, was adapted by Stokes and produced by Margaret Webster at London's Q Theatre in October 1936. ""Oscar Wilde"" was the most successful of the Stokes brothers' plays. The play was based on the life of Oscar Wilde in which Wilde's friend,"
"between February and December 1970. Following a less successful London production at the Queen's Theatre in 1971, the play was made into a film in 1972; Sidney Lumet directed, and the cast included James Mason, Robert Preston, and Beau Bridges. After ""Child's Play"", he published two novels: ""Burnt Offerings"" in 1973, and ""Parlor Games"" in 1979. ""Burnt Offerings"" was adapted into a 1976 film directed by Dan Curtis, starring Karen Black and Oliver Reed, with such veteran actors as Burgess Meredith, Eileen Heckart, and Bette Davis in small roles. Marasco spent his later life in High Falls, New York. He"
"has been ignored by literary scholars who have seen Ionesco only as a French playwright and neglected the fact that Ionesco saw himself as both Romanian and French. In April 1960 the play was performed by the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre in London, England under the direction of Orson Welles with Laurence Olivier as Bérenger, Joan Plowright as Daisy, and Michael Bates, Miles Malleson and Peter Sallis in the cast. The production moved to the Strand Theatre (now the Novello Theatre) that June. Following the move Dudard and Daisy were played by Michael Gough and Maggie"
"Plain"". The 1964 British film, ""Clash by Night"", carries an identical title, but it is a different story, not based on Odets play. Clash by Night (play) Clash by Night is a romantic triangle drama by Clifford Odets which premiered on Broadway in 1941 and was later adapted to film and television. The title derives from Matthew Arnold's poem ""Dover Beach"" (1867): The title carried a certain irony when Odets' play, produced by Billy Rose, debuted on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre three weeks after the Pearl Harbor attack. Directed by Lee Strasberg, the production opened December 27, 1941 and"
"the same year. The play became a hit, and its English-language adaptation enjoyed success in New York in the early 1930s and was made into the blockbuster 1932 Academy Award-winning film, ""Grand Hotel"", starring Greta Garbo, John Barrymore and Joan Crawford. Davis, Wright, and Forrest first adapted Baum's story in 1958 under the title ""At the Grand"", changing the setting from 1928 Berlin to contemporary Rome and transforming the ballerina into an opera singer closely resembling Maria Callas to accommodate Joan Diener, who was scheduled to star under the direction of her husband Albert Marre. All of them had collaborated"
"In 1943 Alison had collaborated with lyricist Stella Unger and blind pianist Alec Templeton on an un-produced musical, ""Cabbages and Kings"" (also called ""Tea Tray in the Sky""), described as a ""modern Alice in Wonderland."" Alison lived in an apartment in New York's Greenwich Village (60 E. 8th St). She died aged 90. Two days after her death notice appeared in ""The New York Times"", her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and friends remembered her with a special screening of ""Casablanca"" at the Museum of Modern Art. Everybody Comes to Rick's Everybody Comes to Rick's is an American play that was bought"
"adapted into a stage play which ran for over 200 performances at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London. Robert Newton starred. In 1948, it was adapted into a British film ""No Orchids for Miss Blandish"" and given a contemporary New York City setting. The 1971 American film ""The Grissom Gang"" was also based on the novel, moving the setting of events back several years to 1931 Kansas City. In 1944, it was also the subject of an essay by George Orwell, ""Raffles and Miss Blandish"", and parodied by Raymond Queneau in ""We Always Treat Women Too Well"". In 1962"
"from the novel by Evelyn Greenleaf (Baker) Sutherland. It opened on 25 October 1902 at the Comedy Theatre, Haymarket, London, England, produced by William Greet and Lewis Waller under the management of Frank Curzon and directed by Guy Waller. The cast included Waller as Monsieur Beaucaire and Grace Lane as Lady Mary Carlisle. The production ran for a very successful 430 performances. In addition, there was a silent film, ""Monsieur Beaucaire"", with Rudolph Valentino in 1924, and a 1946 comedy film that featured Bob Hope. An episode from the novel was incorporated into the screenplay of the 1930 film ""Monte"
"A play, ""The Libertine"" (1994), was written by Stephen Jeffreys, and staged by the Royal Court Theatre. The 2004 film ""The Libertine"", based on Jeffreys' play, starred Johnny Depp as Rochester, Samantha Morton as Elizabeth Barry, John Malkovich as King Charles II and Rosamund Pike as Elizabeth Malet. Michael Nyman set to music an excerpt of Rochester's poem ""Signor Dildo"" for the film. Rochester is the central character in Anna Lieff Saxby's 1996 erotic novella, ""No Paradise but Pleasure"". The story of Lord Rochester’s life in Susan Cooper-Bridgewater’s Historical Fiction ""‘Of Ink, Wit and Intrigue"" – ""Lord Rochester in Chains"
"of the play ran through March 7, 1891. The play enjoyed considerable success around the United States and in revivals in the following decades. It debuted in London in 1898. It was rumored that theatre critic Andrew Carpenter Wheeler, known as ""Nym Crinkle,"" was the actual author or co-author of ""Blue Jeans"", as well as Arthur's prior hit ""The Still Alarm"". A silent film version of the play was released in December 1917, and was also quite popular, starring Viola Dana as June and Robert D. Walker as Bascom. Perry Bascom returns home to Rising Sun, Indiana to make a"
"mig"", Rosalind in Shakespeare's ""As You Like It"", Lotta Enterfelt in ""Svenska sprätthöken"", Alegre in Maxwell Anderson's play ""Key Largo"" 1940, Sonja in ""Crime and Punishment"", Blanche in ""Folkungasagan"", Portia in Shakespeare's ""Julius Caesar"", Mary Vetsera in ""Mayerlingdramat"", Cecilia in ""Rovdjuret"", The Daughter in Strindberg's ""The Ghost Sonata"", Mrs. Kenyon in Samson Raphaelson's play ""Skylark"" 1943, Beréngère in Robert Boissy's ""Jupiter"" 1943, Marguerite Gautier in Alexandre Dumas' ""The Lady of the Camellias"" 1954, Mary Tyrone in the world premiere of Eugene O'Neill's ""Long Day's Journey Into Night"" 1956, in Terence Rattigan's ""Separate Tables"" at Vasateatern 1958-59 and as Queen Christina"
"Captain Arthur Hastings ""Neville Brook"" as Inspector Japp Director: Joe Harmston Cast ""Robert Powell"" as Hercule Poirot ""John Ashby"" as TBA ""Martin Carroll"" as TBA ""Eric Carte"" as Insceptor Japp ""Liza Goddard"" as TBA ""Felicity Houlbrooke"" as TBA ""Mark Jackson"" as Edward Raynor ""Robin McCallum"" as Captain Hastings ""Olivia Mace"" as TBA ""Gary Mavers"" as TBA ""Ben Nealon"" as TBA The play was first published by Alfred Ashley and Son during November 1934. It was republished with minor revisions by Samuel French Ltd on 1 July 1952. This followed a successful revival in repertory. Like ""The Unexpected Guest"" (1999) and"
"adaptation of the same name received critical acclaim and won the Academy Award for best picture. Cavalcade (play) Cavalcade is a play by Noël Coward with songs by Coward and others. It focuses on three decades in the life of the Marryots, a quintessential British family, and their servants, beginning in 1900 and ends on New Year's Eve in 1929 and is set against major historical events of the period, including the Relief of Mafeking; the death of Queen Victoria; the sinking of the Titanic; and the First World War. The popular songs at the time of each event were"
"for the 1942 Warner Bros. film ""Casablanca"" which was written specifically for Hedy Lamarr in the female lead role. However, MGM refused to release Hedy Lamarr despite all efforts by Warners. Charles Boyer's invitation to ""Come with me to ze Casbah,"" did not appear in the film, but still became the comedians standard imitation of Boyer, much like ""Play it again, Sam"" for Humphrey Bogart and ""Judy, Judy, Judy"" for Cary Grant – all apocryphal lines. Boyer hated being reduced in that way, believing that it demeaned him as an actor. In some part, the lampoon of Boyer spread owing"
"""Romola"" (1863), E. R. Eddison's ""A Fish Dinner in Memison"" (1941), Irving Stone's ""The Agony and the Ecstasy"" (1961), Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's ""The Palace"" (1978), Michael Ondaatje's ""The English Patient – part two"" 1992, Roger Zelazny and Robert Sheckley's ""If at Faust You Don't Succeed"" (1993), Timothy Findley's ""Pilgrim"" (1999), Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason's ""Rule of Four"" (2004), the novel ""I, Mona Lisa"" by Jeanne Kalogridis (2006), the Showtime series ""The Borgias"", The Sky (Italy) and Netflix (North America) series ""Borgia"", and ""The Botticelli Affair"" by Traci L. Slatton (2013). Other references in popular culture include these: Bonfire of"
"in 1879, where she met Louisa May Alcott, and Mary Mapes Dodge, editor of children's magazine ""St. Nicholas"", Burnett began to write children's fiction. For the next five years she had published several short works in ""St. Nicholas"". Burnett continued to write adult fiction as well: ""Louisiana"" was published in 1880; ""A Fair Barbarian"" in 1881; and ""Through One Administration"" in 1883. She wrote the play ""Esmerelda"" in 1881, while staying at the ""Logan House"" inn near Lake Lure, North Carolina; it became the longest running play on Broadway in the 19th century. However, as had happened earlier in Knoxville,"
"premiered in 1988 and yet again as the film adaptation of the play directed by David Cronenberg was released in 1993. Periodic re-stagings of the play and television airings of the film based on it continue to spark interest in the espionage case at the heart of the fictional works of art. Boursicot was born in 1944. He attended boarding schools as a youth, where he engaged in multiple homosexual affairs with other students; upon graduation, Boursicot became determined to lose his virginity to a woman, believing that institutionalized homosexuality among boarding students was a rite of passage. He first"
"and duty, it frequently alludes to William Shakespeare and Judaic philosophies. The Broadway production, produced and directed by Guthrie McClintic, opened on September 25, 1935 at the Martin Beck Theatre, where it ran for 195 performances. The cast included Burgess Meredith, Margo, and Eduardo Ciannelli. It won the first New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play. Meredith, Margo, and Ciannelli were joined by John Carradine, Stanley Ridges, and Mischa Auer in the film adaptation in 1936, directed by Alfred Santell. Anderson initially offered the play to The Group Theater with the stipulation that Meredith, a non-member, play the"
"were inspired by Barrie's friendship with the Llewelyn Davies family. Barrie continued to revise the play for years after its debut until publication of the play script in 1928. The play debuted in London on 27 December 1904 with Nina Boucicault, daughter of playwright Dion Boucicault, in the title role. A Broadway production was mounted in 1905 starring Maude Adams. It was later revived with such actresses as Marilyn Miller and Eva Le Gallienne. The play has since been adapted as a pantomime, stage musical, a television special, and several films, including a 1924 silent film, Disney's 1953 animated full-length"