Blood on the stage, 1950-1975 : milestone plays of crime, mystery, and detection : an annotated repertoire

In __Blood on the Stage, 1950-1975: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection: An Annotated Repertoire__, author Amnon Kabatchnik continues the focus of his previous volumes (1900-1925 and 1925-1950) and provides an overview of the most important and memorable theatrical works of crime and detection of this period. Addressing the development of this genre in the legitimate theatre, Kabatchnik discusses more than 120 full-length plays produced between 1950 and 1975.Arranged in chronological order, the productions cited are all works of enduring importance, pioneering contributions, singular innovations, and outstanding success. Many of the most notable playwrights of the era are represented, including Horton Foote, Bertolt Brecht, Arthur Miller, Frederick Knott, Joe Orton, Anthony Shaffer, Peter Shaffer, and Agatha Christie. Each of the plays featured revolves around murder, theft, chicanery, kidnapping, political intrigue, or espionage. Each entry includes a plot synopsis, production data, and the opinions of well known and respected critics and scholars.The plays in this era include psychological thrillers and baffling whodunits, among them such memorable works as __Anastasia__, __Dial 'M' for Murder__, __The Mousetrap__, __The Crucible__, __Witness for the Prosecution__, __The Desperate Hours__, __Sleuth__, and __Equus__ Contents 6 Acknowledgments 12 Introduction 14 Guys and Dolls (1950) 22 Anastasia (1951) 33 Darkness at Noon (1951) 41 Billy Budd (1951) 46 A Pin to See the Peepshow (1951) 50 Stalag 17 (1951) 55 The Hollow (1951) 58 Remains to Be Seen (1951) 62 The Number (1951) 67 Requiem for a Nun (1951) 70 The Chase (1952) 76 Dial “M” for Murder (1952) 82 Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime (1952) 86 Hanging Judge (1952) 95 Gently Does It (1952) 102 The Mousetrap (1952) 106 The Crucible (1953) 112 My 3 Angels (1953) 124 Sherlock Holmes (1953) 129 The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1953) 142 Witness for the Prosecution (1953) 146 Someone Waiting (1953) 151 Dead Pigeon (1953) 157 The Quare Fellow (1954) 160 The Prisoner (1954) 165 Meet a Body (1954) 168 Murder Story (1954) 171 Bad Seed (1954) 176 Spider’s Web (1954) 182 Inherit the Wind (1955) 184 The Desperate Hours (1955) 190 The Whole Truth (1955) 194 The Chalk Garden (1955) 202 A Hatful of Rain (1955) 207 The Visit (1956) 210 Time Limit! (1956) 219 The Ponder Heart (1956) 224 Towards Zero (1956) 228 Speaking of Murder (1956) 230 The Hidden River (1957) 233 The Potting Shed (1957) 236 West Side Story (1957) 241 Monique (1957) 249 Compulsion (1957) 254 Murder Is My Business (1958) 259 Jane Eyre (1958) 266 Verdict (1958) 276 The Unexpected Guest (1958) 279 The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (1958) 282 The Hostage (1958) 293 Cue for Passion (1958) 296 The Gazebo (1958) 300 Rashomon (1959) 303 Redhead (1959) 310 Frankenstein: The Gift of Fire (1959) 317 The Aspern Papers (1959) 331 The Gang’s All Here (1959) 336 Golden Fleecing (1959) 338 A Clean Kill (1959) 341 The Blacks (1959) 347 The Andersonville Trial (1959) 355 The Deadly Game (1960) 359 Go Back for Murder (1960) 365 The Best Man (1960) 367 Oliver! (1960) 372 Settled out of Court (1960) 381 Advise and Consent (1960) 389 The Devil’s Advocate (1961) 393 A Shot in the Dark (1961) 396 Write Me a Murder (1961) 400 Daughter of Silence (1961) 403 The Spiral Staircase (1962) 406 Sequel to a Verdict (1962) 415 Prescription: Murder (1962) 418 The Physicists (1962) 425 Calculated Risk (1962) 429 Rule of Three (1962) 431 A Case of Libel (1963) 435 The Murder of Maria Marten, or The Red Barn (1963) 438 Hostile Witness (1964) 445 Blues for Mr. Charlie (1964) 448 In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer (1964) 456 Home Is the Hunter (1964) 464 East Lynne, or Lady Isabel’s Shame (1965) 466 Baker Street (1965) 473 Catch Me If You Can (1965) 481 Frankenstein (1965) 485 The Playroom (1965) 493 Wait until Dark (1966) 495 It’s a Bird . . . It’s a Plane . . . It’s Superman (1966) 498 We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1966) 505 Loot (1966) 509 Don’t Drink the Water (1966) 519 Seven Days in May (1966) 526 A Case for Mason (1967) 528 Fortune and Men’s Eyes (1967) 534 The Man in the Glass Booth (1967) 540 The Real Inspector Hound (1968) 545 Conduct Unbecoming (1969) 554 Dracula, Baby (1970) 558 Sleuth (1970) 564 Child’s Play (1970) 571 The White House Murder Case (1970) 574 Inquest (1970) 581 Count Dracula (1971) 587 The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1971) 589 Suddenly at Home (1971) 593 Something’s Afoot (1972) 597 Night Watch (1972) 600 Fiddlers Three (1972) 604 Lady Audley’s Secret (1972) 605 Dracula (1973) 613 Equus (1973) 615 Short Eyes (1974) 621 Sherlock’s Last Case (1974) 627 Frankenstein (1974) 632 The Picture of Dorian Gray (1975) 636 Murderer (1975) 646 Sherlock Holmes and the Curse of the Sign of the Four (1975) 650 Murder among Friends (1975) 657 The Return of A. J. Raffles (1975) 659 Appendix A 663 Appendix B 669 Appendix C 677 Appendix D 679 Index 681 About the Author 704 In Blood on the Stage, 1950-1975: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection: An Annotated Repertoire , author Amnon Kabatchnik continues the focus of his previous volumes (1900-1925 and 1925-1950) and provides an overview of the most important and memorable theatrical works of crime and detection of this period. Addressing the development of this genre in the legitimate theatre, Kabatchnik discusses more than 120 full-length plays produced between 1950 and 1975. Arranged in chronological order, the productions cited are all works of enduring importance, pioneering contributions, singular innovations, and outstanding success. Many of the most notable playwrights of the era are represented, including Horton Foote, Bertolt Brecht, Arthur Miller, Frederick Knott, Joe Orton, Anthony Shaffer, Peter Shaffer, and Agatha Christie. Each of the plays featured revolves around murder, theft, chicanery, kidnapping, political intrigue, or espionage. Each entry includes a plot synopsis, production data, and the opinions of well known and respected critics and scholars. The plays in this era include psychological thrillers and baffling whodunits, among them such memorable works as Anastasia , Dial 'M' for Murder , The Mousetrap , The Crucible , Witness for the Prosecution , The Desperate Hours , Sleuth , and Equus Annotation In Blood on the Stage, 1950-1975: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection: An Annotated Repertoire, author Amnon Kabatchnik continues the focus of his previous volumes (1900-1925 and 1925-1950) and provides an overview of the most important and memorable theatrical works of crime and detection of this period. Addressing the development of this genre in the legitimate theatre, Kabatchnik discusses more than 120 full-length plays produced between 1950 and 1975. Arranged in chronological order, the productions cited are all works of enduring importance, pioneering contributions, singular innovations, and outstanding success. Many of the most notable playwrights of the era are represented, including Horton Foote, Bertolt Brecht, Arthur Miller, Frederick Knott, Joe Orton, Anthony Shaffer, Peter Shaffer, and Agatha Christie. Each of the plays featured revolves around murder, theft, chicanery, kidnapping, political intrigue, or espionage. Each entry includes a plot synopsis, production data, and the opinions of well known and respected critics and scholars. The plays in this era include psychological thrillers and baffling whodunits, among them such memorable works as Anastasia, Dial 'M' for Murder, The Mousetrap, The Crucible, Witness for the Prosecution, The Desperate Hours, Sleuth, and Equus

In Blood on the Stage, 1950-1975: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection: An Annotated Repertoire, author Amnon Kabatchnik continues the focus of his previous volumes (1900-1925 and 1925-1950) and provides an overview of the most important and memorable theatrical works of crime and detection of this period. Addressing the development of this genre in the legitimate theatre, Kabatchnik discusses more than 120 full-length plays produced between 1950 and 1975. Arranged in chronological order, the productions cited are all works of enduring importance, pioneering contributions, singular innovations, and outstanding success. Many of the most notable playwrights of the era are represented, including Horton Foote, Bertolt Brecht, Arthur Miller, Frederick Knott, Joe Orton, Anthony Shaffer, Peter Shaffer, and Agatha Christie. Each of the plays featured revolves around murder, theft, chicanery, kidnapping, political intrigue, or espionage. Each entry includes a plot synopsis, production data, and the opinions of well known and respected critics and scholars. The plays in this era include psychological thrillers and baffling whodunits, among them such memorable works as Anastasia, Dial 'M' for Murder, The Mousetrap, The Crucible, Witness for the Prosecution, The Desperate Hours, Sleuth, and Equus.

In Blood on the Stage, 1950-1975: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and An Annotated Repertoire , author Amnon Kabatchnik continues the focus of his previous volumes (1900-1925 and 1925-1950) and provides an overview of the most important and memorable theatrical works of crime and detection of this period. Addressing the development of this genre in the legitimate theatre, Kabatchnik discusses more than 120 full-length plays produced between 1950 and 1975. Arranged in chronological order, the productions cited are all works of enduring importance, pioneering contributions, singular innovations, and outstanding success. Many of the most notable playwrights of the era are represented, including Horton Foote, Bertolt Brecht, Arthur Miller, Frederick Knott, Joe Orton, Anthony Shaffer, Peter Shaffer, and Agatha Christie. Each of the plays featured revolves around murder, theft, chicanery, kidnapping, political intrigue, or espionage. Each entry includes a plot synopsis, production data, and the opinions of well known and respected critics and scholars. The plays in this era include psychological thrillers and baffling whodunits, among them such memorable works as Anastasia , Dial 'M' for Murder , The Mousetrap , The Crucible , Witness for the Prosecution , The Desperate Hours , Sleuth , and Equus . Discussing more than 120 full-length plays, this volume provides an overview of the most important and memorable theatrical works of crime and detection produced between 1950 and 1975.