Who wrote the 1944 play, 'The Man Who Had All The Luck'?
"The Man Who Had All the Luck The Man Who Had All the Luck is a play by Arthur Miller. David Beeves is a young Midwestern automobile mechanic who discovers he is blessed with what appears to be almost supernatural good fortune that allows him to overcome every seemingly insurmountable obstacle that crosses his path while those around him fall in defeat. Like Midas, everything he touches is tinged with gold, leaving him to wonder if and when his luck will change and he too will be forced to deal with life's tragedies, until he eventually realizes that his good"
"Jane and Robert (born May 31, 1947). Miller was exempted from military service during World War II because of a high school football injury to his left kneecap. That same year his first play was produced; ""The Man Who Had All the Luck"" won the Theatre Guild's National Award. The play closed after four performances with disastrous reviews. In 1947, Miller's play ""All My Sons"", the writing of which had commenced in 1941, was a success on Broadway (earning him his first Tony Award, for Best Author) and his reputation as a playwright was established. Years later, in a 1994"
"All's Well That Ends Well All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare. Some academics believe it to have been written between 1604 and 1605. It was published in the ""First Folio"" in 1623. Though originally the play was classified as one of Shakespeare's comedies, the play is now considered by some critics to be one of his problem plays, so named because they cannot be neatly classified as tragedy or comedy. It is not among the playwright's most esteemed plays, with literary critic Harold Bloom writing that no one, ""except George Bernard Shaw, ever has expressed"
"All the King's Horses (play) All the King's Horses is a play written by Irish-born journalist and playwright John McDonnell in 1961. The play takes its title from the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. The plot concerns an elderly Irish woman, Kate Houlihan, who dies and leaves her fortune equally between her two nephews Michael and William. Michael is a Southern Irish Republican and William is a Northern Irish Orangeman. To inherit the fortune Michael and William must spend a month in peace in Kate's cottage. The two men find they are unable to live in peace so Kate's solicitor, Mr"
"Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist, and a major figure in the twentieth-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are ""All My Sons"" (1947), ""Death of a Salesman"" (1949), ""The Crucible"" (1953) and ""A View from the Bridge"" (1955, revised 1956). He wrote several screenplays and was most noted for his work on ""The Misfits"" (1961). The drama ""Death of a Salesman"" has been numbered on the short list of finest American plays in the 20th century alongside Eugene O'Neill's ""Long Day's Journey into Night"" and Tennessee Williams's"
"The Man of Destiny The Man of Destiny is an 1897 play by George Bernard Shaw, set in Italy during the early career of Napoleon. It was published as a part of ""Plays Pleasant"", which also included ""Arms and the Man"", ""Candida"" and ""You Never Can Tell."" Shaw titled the volume ""Plays Pleasant"" in order to contrast it with his first book of plays, ""Plays Unpleasant"". May 12, 1796, an inn at Tavazzano. After his victory at the Battle of Lodi, Napoleon eats his meal, works on his plans and talks with the innkeeper Giuseppe Grandi. A lieutenant arrives with"
"Karl Swenson Karl Swenson (July 23, 1908 – October 8, 1978) was an American theatre, radio, film, and television actor. Early in his career, he was credited as Peter Wayne. Swenson was born in Brooklyn, New York, of Swedish parentage. Planning to be a doctor, he enrolled at Marietta College and undertook pre-medical studies but left that field to pursue acting. Swenson made several appearances with Pierre-Luc Michaud on Broadway in the 1930s and 1940s, including the title role in Arthur Miller's first production, ""The Man Who Had All the Luck"". His other Broadway credits include ""A Highland Fling"" (1943),"
"Edward Albee Edward Franklin Albee III ( ; March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) was an American playwright known for works such as ""The Zoo Story"" (1958), ""The Sandbox"" (1959), ""Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"" (1962), and ""A Delicate Balance"" (1966). Three of his plays won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and two of his other works won the Tony Award for Best Play. His works are often considered as frank examinations of the modern condition. His early works reflect a mastery and Americanization of the Theatre of the Absurd that found its peak in works by European playwrights"
"aired on Australian television in 1963. Playwright Jim Knable adapted the play into ""Destiny and the Little Man,"" which was given a world premiere production as part of ""Nightcap Riot: Mombucha"" in New York City in January and February 2016. The production was directed by Bruce Levitt of Cornell University. The Man of Destiny The Man of Destiny is an 1897 play by George Bernard Shaw, set in Italy during the early career of Napoleon. It was published as a part of ""Plays Pleasant"", which also included ""Arms and the Man"", ""Candida"" and ""You Never Can Tell."" Shaw titled the"
"4 performances. Karl Swenson starred as David Beeves. The play's failure nearly derailed Miller's career, and it remained one of his least known works until 1990, when the Bristol Old Vic staged ""The Man Who Had All The Luck"" with Iain Glen in the lead role. The production was directed by Paul Unwin. It later transferred to the Young Vic in London. In 2000 director Dan Fields mounted a production that ran for seven weeks at the Ivy Substation theater in Culver City, California. The following year, a production was staged by the Williamstown Theatre Festival, which had presented the"
"there is a happy ending. The play description written by C. Burr, included on the original cast album, notes: Dan Jacobson, the author of the original story upon which this work was based, was born in 1929 in Johannesburg, South Africa, where his family had fled to escape persecution of Jews in Europe. His grandfather was a rabbi in Lithuania. Many of his stories and novels dealt with issues of prejudice and racism. The original story, ""The Zulu and the Zeide,"" was also the basis of a one-man performance without music, created and performed by Michael Picardie of the Everyman"
"Guild of America Award nomination for Best Written American Musical. Fields won the Tony Award for Best Musical for ""Wonderful Town"" and was nominated in the same category for ""Flower Drum Song"". As a director, Fields helmed Arthur Miller's ""The Man Who Had All the Luck"" (1944), his own plays ""I Gotta Get Out"" (1947) and ""The Tunnel of Love"" (1957), and ""The Desk Set"" (1955). Fields was the brother of writer/lyricist Dorothy and writer Herbert. He died in Beverly Hills; according to his obituary in ""The New York Times"", ""Joseph Fields...died here last night...Mr. Fields lived in New York"
"Len Peterson Leonard Byron Peterson (15 March 1917 – 28 February 2008) was a Canadian playwright, screenwriter and novelist. His career started in 1939 when he sold a script to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He has written more than a thousand different dramatic works for stage, screen, television, and radio. One of his earliest successes was the radio play ""They're All Afraid"" (1944), which was written for the CBC program ""Stage '44"". The play received much criticism for depicting life in Canada negatively at a time when it was thought that boosting wartime morale was more appropriate. ""They're All Afraid"""
"Curtain"" (3 vols., 1840), he gave a full account of his managerial experiences. In James Joyce's ""Ulysses"", the main character Leopold Bloom thinks briefly (and incompletely) of a lyric Bunn wrote: ""Whose smile upon each feature plays with such and such replete”. The original lyric, from the William Vincent Wallace opera ""Maritana"", is: “Whose smile upon each feature plays with truthfulness replete"". Alfred Bunn Alfred Bunn (April 8, 1796 in LondonDecember 20, 1860 in Boulogne-sur-Mer) was an English theatrical manager. He was married to Margaret Agnes (née Somerville) Bunn, a minor actress, in 1819. Bunn was appointed stage manager of"
"All the Way (play) All the Way is a play by Robert Schenkkan, depicting President Lyndon B. Johnson's efforts to maneuver members of the 88th United States Congress to enact, and civil rights leaders including Martin Luther King, Jr. to support, the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The play takes its name from Johnson's 1964 campaign slogan, ""All the Way with LBJ."" The play was commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and premiered there in 2012, in a production directed by Bill Rauch, with Jack Willis originating the role of LBJ. It premiered on Broadway in March 2014, in a"
"went on to win the award for best drama in a broadcasting festival in Ohio. It was later adapted by Peterson for the stage. Len Peterson Leonard Byron Peterson (15 March 1917 – 28 February 2008) was a Canadian playwright, screenwriter and novelist. His career started in 1939 when he sold a script to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He has written more than a thousand different dramatic works for stage, screen, television, and radio. One of his earliest successes was the radio play ""They're All Afraid"" (1944), which was written for the CBC program ""Stage '44"". The play received much"
"by Elia Kazan, and starring Lee J. Cobb as Willy Loman, Mildred Dunnock as Linda, Arthur Kennedy as Biff, and Cameron Mitchell as Happy. The play was commercially successful and critically acclaimed, winning a Tony Award for Best Author, the New York Drama Circle Critics' Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was the first play to win all three of these major awards. The play was performed 742 times. In 1949, Miller exchanged letters with Eugene O'Neill regarding Miller's production of ""All My Sons"". O'Neill had sent Miller a congratulatory telegram; in response, he wrote a letter that"
"The Rules of the Game (play) The Rules of the Game ( ) is a play by Luigi Pirandello. It was written and first performed during 1918 (and first published in 1919) at the time when his wife was suffering from mental illness, but before she was committed to a mental hospital. It was first performed at the Teatro Quirino in Rome, with Ruggero Ruggeri as Leone. The Italian title means ""The Game of Roles"", but the play is not usually published with that title in English. The characters in Pirandello's better-known work ""Six Characters in Search of an Author"""
"The Opportunity The Opportunity is a Caroline era stage play, a comedy written by James Shirley, published in 1640. The play has been called ""a capital little comedy, fairly bubbling over with clever situations and charming character."" ""The Opportunity"" was licensed for performance by Sir Henry Herbert, the Master of the Revels, on 29 November 1634. It was acted by Shirley's regular company, Queen Henrietta's Men, at the Cockpit Theatre. The 1640 quarto was dedicated by Shirley to a personal friend, Capt. Richard Owen. Shirley relied on ""El Castigo del Penséque"" by Tirso de Molina as his source for the"
"Robert Schenkkan Robert Frederic Schenkkan, Jr. (born March 19, 1953) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1992 for his play ""The Kentucky Cycle"" and his play ""All the Way"" earned the 2014 Tony Award for Best Play. He has three Emmy Nominations and one WGA Award. Schenkkan was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the son of Jean Gregory (née McKenzie) and Robert Frederic Schenkkan, a professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at The University of Texas at Austin, and public television executive. He grew up in Austin, Texas. As a"
"All Fools All Fools is an early Jacobean era stage play, a comedy by George Chapman that was first published in 1605. The play has often been considered Chapman's highest achievement in comedy: ""not only Chapman's most flawless, perfectly balanced play,"" but ""also his most human and large-minded."" ""Chapman certainly wrote no comedy in which an ingenious and well-managed plot combined so harmoniously with personages so distinctly conceived and so cleverly and divertingly executed."" ""All Fools"" entered the historical record when the Children of the Queen's Revels performed the play at Court before King James I on 1 January 1605."
"that the conjuring was staged, and all the parties are re-united for a happy ending. ""The Chances"" received a rare twentieth-century production in 1962, when it was staged by Laurence Olivier at the Chichester Festival Theatre. The Chances The Chances is a Jacobean era stage play, a comedy written by John Fletcher. It was one of Fletcher's great popular successes, ""frequently performed and reprinted in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries."" The play's Prologue assigns the play to Fletcher alone; since his distinctive pattern of stylistic and textual features is continuous through the play, scholars and critics regard Fletcher's sole authorship"
"All for Love (play) All for Love or, the World Well Lost, is a heroic drama by John Dryden written in 1677. Today, it is Dryden's best-known and most performed play. It is a tragedy written in blank verse and is an attempt on Dryden's part to reinvigorate serious drama. It is an acknowledged imitation of Shakespeare’s ""Antony and Cleopatra"", and focuses on the last hours of the lives of its hero and heroine. Dryden deals with the same subject as that of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. Whereas Shakespeare ""diffused the action of his play over Italy, Greece, and Egypt,"""
"Ben Jonson Benjamin Jonson (""c"". 11 June 1572 – ""c"". 16 August 1637) was an English playwright, poet, actor, and literary critic, whose artistry exerted a lasting impact upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours. He is best known for the satirical plays ""Every Man in His Humour"" (1598), ""Volpone, or The Fox"" (c. 1606), ""The Alchemist"" (1610) and ""Bartholomew Fair"" (1614) and for his lyric and epigrammatic poetry; he is generally regarded as the second most important English playwright during the reign of James VI and I after William Shakespeare. Jonson was a classically"
"The Chances The Chances is a Jacobean era stage play, a comedy written by John Fletcher. It was one of Fletcher's great popular successes, ""frequently performed and reprinted in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries."" The play's Prologue assigns the play to Fletcher alone; since his distinctive pattern of stylistic and textual features is continuous through the play, scholars and critics regard Fletcher's sole authorship as clear and unambiguous. For the plot of his play, Fletcher depended upon Miguel de Cervantes, one of his regular sources; ""The Chances"" borrows from ""La Señora Cornelia,"" one of the ""Novelas ejemplares,"" first published in"
"Milton Lazarus Milton Lazarus (1898 or 1899 – March 1, 1955) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He began his career as a Press Agent before pursuing a career as a writer. He wrote the book for the Broadway musicals ""Shoot the Works"" (1931), ""New Faces of 1936"" (1936), and ""Song of Norway"" (1944). Several of his stage plays were also mounted on Broadway, including ""Whatever Goes Up"" (1935), ""I Want a Policeman"" (1936), ""Every Man for Himself"" (1940), and ""The Sun Field"" (1942). His play ""Sudden Money"" was adapted into a 1939 film. He wrote the screenplays to the"
"for the audience's approval. The play is based on a tale (3.9) of Boccaccio's ""The Decameron"". Shakespeare may have read an English translation of the tale in William Painter's ""Palace of Pleasure"". The name of the play expresses the proverb ""All's well that ends well"", which means that problems do not matter so long as the outcome is good. There is no evidence that ""All's Well"" was popular in Shakespeare's own lifetime and it has remained one of his lesser-known plays ever since, in part due to its unorthodox mixture of fairy tale logic, gender role reversals and cynical realism."
"Roach premiered on HBO on May 21, 2016. All the Way (play) All the Way is a play by Robert Schenkkan, depicting President Lyndon B. Johnson's efforts to maneuver members of the 88th United States Congress to enact, and civil rights leaders including Martin Luther King, Jr. to support, the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The play takes its name from Johnson's 1964 campaign slogan, ""All the Way with LBJ."" The play was commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and premiered there in 2012, in a production directed by Bill Rauch, with Jack Willis originating the role of LBJ. It"
"Barré Lyndon Barré Lyndon (pseudonym of Alfred Edgar) (12 August 1896 – 23 October 1972) was a British playwright and screenwriter. The pseudonym was presumably taken from the title character of Thackeray's novel. Born in London, he may be best remembered for three screenplays from the 1940s: ""The Lodger"" (1944), ""Hangover Square"" (1945) and ""The Man in Half Moon Street"" (1945). The last was remade by Hammer Film Productions in 1959 as ""The Man Who Could Cheat Death"". Lyndon began his writing career as a journalist, particularly about motor-racing, and short-story writer before becoming a playwright. His first play, ""The"
"Tad Mosel Tad Mosel (May 1, 1922 – August 24, 2008) was an American playwright and one of the leading dramatists of hour-long teleplay genre for live television during the 1950s. He received the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play ""All the Way Home"". Mosel was born George Ault Mosel, Jr. in Steubenville, Ohio to George Ault Mosel, Sr. and Margaret Norman. Raised as a Presbyterian, he was eight years old when his father's wholesale grocery business failed following the stock market crash, and the family moved to the suburbs of New York City. In 1931, George, Sr."
"Matt Wayne, and editing a drama column in the magazine ""The New Masses"". Two months after Miller died Peter O'Toole called him a ""bore"" and Roger Kimball went on record saying that Miller's artistic accomplishments were meager. Critical articles Organizations Archive Databases Websites Interviews Obituaries Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist, and a major figure in the twentieth-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are ""All My Sons"" (1947), ""Death of a Salesman"" (1949), ""The Crucible"" (1953) and ""A View from the Bridge"" (1955, revised 1956). He wrote"
"to someone else. The overall portrayal of the upper class in England displays an attitude of hypocrisy and strict observance of arbitrary rules. The play proved extremely popular in its original run, lasting over a hundred performances. Critics also lauded Wilde's balance of a multitude of theatrical elements within the play. George Bernard Shaw praised the play, saying ""Mr. Wilde is to me our only thorough Playwright. He plays with everything; with wit, with philosophy, with drama, with actors and audience, with the whole theatre."" Yet a week after the opening of the play at the Haymarket Theatre, Oscar Wilde"
"1716, and was buried in the vault of St Paul's, Covent Garden on 5 January. William Wycherley may have coined the expression ""nincompoop"" (certainly, the word occurs in ""The Plain Dealer""). The ""Oxford English Dictionary"" also cites Wycherley as the first user of the phrase ""happy-go-lucky"", in 1672. Voltaire was a great admirer of Wycherley's plays, and once said of them: William Wycherley William Wycherley (baptised 8 April 1641 – 1 January 1716) was an English dramatist of the Restoration period, best known for the plays ""The Country Wife"" and ""The Plain Dealer"". He was born at Clive near Shrewsbury,"