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Miss Isobel
''Miss Isobel'' is a 1957 play by Michael Plant and Dennis Webb. Premise An elderly lady regresses to her childhood. Background It was originally written by Australian Michael Plant. It was optioned in 1955 by actor Paul Douglas who called it a play "filled with great charm" and he wanted Helen Hayes to star. The script had originally been sent to Douglas as a TV show. In 1956 producer Leonard Stillman read the play and became enthusiastic. In December of that year he took over the option from Douglas. The play had been co written by a 48 year old Yorkshireman, Dennis Webb. Shirley Booth became attached to star.The Long, Long Trail To Broadway: The Long, Long Trail to Broadway By GILBERT MILLSTEIN. New York Times 22 Dec 1957: 123. Darryl Richard played the role of Robin in the Broadway play. Sir Cedric Hardwicke signed to direct. There was film interest in the play. The budget of the Broadway production was $120,000. The play debuted on Broadway in December 1957. Brooks Atkinso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Plant
Michael Plant (1930–1965) was an Australian screenwriter, actor and producer best known for co-creating '' Whiplash''. According to ''Filmink'' "Michael Plant’s career was truly comet-like. An industry professional by the age of 19, a veteran of London, New York and Hollywood by the time he was 30, dead by the age of 35. He had a play on Broadway, TV credits in the US, England and Australia, and was head of the show that revolutionised Australian television. And he never saw 36. It was a remarkable life, awe-inspiring in its achievement, tragic in its brevity." ''The Bulletin'' said on his death in 1965 that Plant "had left as big an impression on Australian viewing habits as any one man in the industry's brief history." Biography Plant, the son of Major-General Eric Plant, was educated in Canberra and at The Scots College, Sydney. Plant started writing and producing radio plays while still at high school. According to one obituary, "At 15, and still in short pants, Michael P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes MacArthur (; October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American actress. Often referred to as the "First Lady of American Theatre", she was the second person and first woman to win EGOT, the EGOT (an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award), and the first person to win the Triple Crown of Acting. Hayes also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor, from President Ronald Reagan in 1986. In 1988, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts. The annual Helen Hayes Awards, which have recognized excellence in professional theatre in greater Washington, D.C., since 1984, are her namesake. In 1955, the former Fulton Theatre on 46th Street in New York City's Theater District, Manhattan, Theatre District was renamed the Helen Hayes Theatre. When that venue was demolished in 1982, the nearby Hayes Theater, Little Theatre was renamed in her honor. Helen Hayes is regarded as one of the greatest leading ladies of the 20th-century theatre. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Booth
Shirley Booth (born Marjory Ford; August 30, 1898October 16, 1992) was an American actress. One of 24 performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, Booth was the recipient of an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and three Tony Awards. Primarily a theater actress, Booth began her career on Broadway theatre, Broadway in 1915. Her most significant success was as Lola Delaney, in the drama ''Come Back, Little Sheba (play), Come Back, Little Sheba'', for which she received her second Tony Award in 1950 (she would go on to win three). She made her film debut, reprising her role in the Come Back, Little Sheba (1952 film), 1952 film version, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance. Despite her successful entry into films, she preferred acting on the stage, and made only four more films. From 1961 to 1966, Booth played the title role in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darryl Richard (actor)
Darryl Richard Rosenberg (born March 18, 1946) is an American television and theatre actor. He is known for playing the role of Morton "Smitty" Smith in the American sitcom television series ''The Donna Reed Show''. Born in the United States. Richard began his career in 1953, first appearing in the anthology television series ''Suspense'', where he played the role of Ivan. He then appeared on Broadway plays from 1954, appearing in the Broadway play ''King of Hearts'', in which he played the role of Billy. His theatre appearances include '' Miss Isobel'', ''A Roomful of Roses'', ''Portofino'', ''Harbor Lights'' and ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof''. Richard guest-starred in television programs including ''Mr. Novak'', ''The Phil Silvers Show'', ''The Rifleman'', '' The Detectives'', ''Sam Benedict'', '' The Betty Hutton Show'', ''The Twilight Zone'' S3 E37 "The Changing of the Guard" (with Tom Lowell) and ''The Tom Ewell Show''. In 1961, Richard played the role of Morton "Smitty" Smith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Broadway Database
The Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) is an online database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel. It was conceived and created by Karen Hauser in 1996 and is operated by the Research Department of The Broadway League, a trade association for the North American commercial theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a Stage (theatre), stage. The performe ... community. History Karen Hauser, research director for the Broadway League, developed the Internet Broadway Database, which was launched in 1996 or 2001. Prior to that, she served as the League's media director. She has written on the economic health of Broadway and how it contributes to New York City's economy as well as that of the cities that touring productions visit. Hauser co-produced the 2000 production of Keith Reddin's ''The Perp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Sir Cedric Webster Hardwicke (19 February 1893 – 6 August 1964) was an English stage and film actor whose career spanned over 50 years. His theatre work included notable performances in productions of the plays of Shakespeare and Shaw, and his film work included leading roles in several adapted literary classics. Early life Hardwicke was born in Lye, Worcestershire (now West Midlands) to Edwin Webster Hardwicke and his wife, Jessie (née Masterson). He initially attended Stourbridge Grammar School moving to Bridgnorth Grammar School in Shropshire in September 1907 until July 1911. He intended to train as a doctor but failed to pass the necessary examinations."Hardwicke, Sir Cedric Webster" ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edition, |
Brooks Atkinson
Justin Brooks Atkinson (November 28, 1894 – January 14, 1984) was an American theater critic. He worked for ''The New York Times'' from 1922 to 1960. In his obituary, the ''Times'' called him "the theater's most influential reviewer of his time." Atkinson became a ''Times'' theater critic in the 1920s and his reviews became very influential. He insisted on leaving the drama desk during World War II to report on the war, and received the Pulitzer Prize in 1947 for his work as the Moscow correspondent for the ''Times''. He returned to the theater beat in the late 1940s, until his retirement in 1960. Biography Atkinson was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, to Jonathan H. Atkinson, a salesman statistician, and Garafelia Taylor. As a boy, he printed his own newspaper (using movable type), and planned a career in journalism. He attended Harvard University, where he began writing for the '' Boston Herald.''"Atkinson, (Justin) Brooks." The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
