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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460260003321

Autore

Kabatchnik Amnon <1929->

Titolo

Blood on the stage, 1950-1975 [[electronic resource] ] : milestone plays of crime, mystery, and detection : an annotated repertoire / / Amnon Kabatchnik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-05689-5

9786613056894

0-8108-7784-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (705 p.)

Disciplina

809.2/527

Soggetti

Detective and mystery plays - History and criticism

Detective and mystery plays

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Blood on the Stage, 1950-1975; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Guys and Dolls (1950); Anastasia (1951); Darkness at Noon (1951); Billy Budd (1951); A Pin to See the Peepshow (1951); Stalag 17 (1951); The Hollow (1951); Remains to Be Seen (1951); The Number (1951); Requiem for a Nun (1951); The Chase (1952); Dial "M" for Murder (1952); Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (1952); Hanging Judge (1952); Gently Does It (1952); The Mousetrap (1952); The Crucible (1953); My 3 Angels (1953); Sherlock Holmes (1953); The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1953); Witness for the Prosecution (1953)

Someone Waiting (1953)Dead Pigeon (1953); The Quare Fellow (1954); The Prisoner (1954); Meet a Body (1954); Murder Story (1954); Bad Seed (1954); Spider's Web (1954); Inherit the Wind (1955); The Desperate Hours (1955); The Whole Truth (1955); The Chalk Garden (1955); A Hatful of Rain (1955); The Visit (1956); Time Limit! (1956); The Ponder Heart (1956); Towards Zero (1956); Speaking of Murder (1956); The Hidden River (1957); The Potting Shed (1957); West Side Story (1957); Monique (1957); Compulsion (1957); Murder Is My Business (1958); Jane Eyre (1958); Verdict (1958)



The Unexpected Guest (1958)The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (1958); The Hostage (1958); Cue for Passion (1958); The Gazebo (1958); Rashomon (1959); Redhead (1959); Frankenstein: The Gift of Fire (1959); The Aspern Papers (1959); The Gang's All Here (1959); Golden Fleecing (1959); A Clean Kill (1959); The Blacks (1959); The Andersonville Trial (1959); The Deadly Game (1960); Go Back for Murder (1960); The Best Man (1960); Oliver! (1960); Settled out of Court (1960); Advise and Consent (1960); The Devil's Advocate (1961); A Shot in the Dark (1961); Write Me a Murder (1961)

Daughter of Silence (1961)The Spiral Staircase (1962); Sequel to a Verdict (1962); Prescription: Murder (1962); The Physicists (1962); Calculated Risk (1962); Rule of Three (1962); A Case of Libel (1963); The Murder of Maria Marten, or The Red Barn (1963); Hostile Witness (1964); Blues for Mr. Charlie (1964); In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer (1964); Home Is the Hunter (1964); East Lynne, or Lady Isabel's Shame (1965); Baker Street (1965); Catch Me If You Can (1965); Frankenstein (1965); The Playroom (1965); Wait until Dark (1966)

It's a Bird . . . It's a Plane . . . It's Superman (1966)We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1966); Loot (1966); Don't Drink the Water (1966); Seven Days in May (1966); A Case for Mason (1967); Fortune and Men's Eyes (1967); The Man in the Glass Booth (1967); The Real Inspector Hound (1968); Conduct Unbecoming (1969); Dracula, Baby (1970); Sleuth (1970); Child's Play (1970); The White House Murder Case (1970); Inquest (1970); Count Dracula (1971); The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1971); Suddenly at Home (1971); Something's Afoot (1972); Night Watch (1972); Fiddlers Three (1972)

Lady Audley's Secret (1972)

Sommario/riassunto

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.