Detective Story (play)
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Detective Story is a 1949
Other cast members included
In April 1950 the play opened at London's
.In 1951, a short-lived production was staged at Harlem's Apollo Theater, with Sidney Poitier as Detective McLeod. A reviewer writing for Variety thought that Poitier lacked the maturity to play a grizzled detective and that the actor's goatee beard was "more suited to a be-bop musician than a gumshoe."[5]
Another short-lived production was presented at the Ivar Theater and starred Allen Jenkins, Frank Fiumara, and Suzanne Alexander. It opened on June 4, 1951 and concluded the following month.[6]
Adaptations
Detective Story was presented on Broadway Playhouse January 7, 1953. The 30-minute adaptation starred Van Johnson.[7] The play was adapted into a 1951 film of the same name.
References
- ^ The Facts on File Companion to American Drama, Jackson R. Bryer & Mary C. Hartig, InfoBase Publishing, 2010
- ^ Chapman, John (ed.), The Burns Mantle Best Plays of 1948-1949, (1949) Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, pp. 147-178.
- ^ The Sketch, 12 April 1950
- ^ The Tatler, 12 April 1950
- ^ Sidney Poitier: Man, Actor, Icon, Aram Goudsouzian, University of North Carolina, 2011
- ISBN 9798889921806.
- Newspapers.com.
External links
- Detective Story at the Internet Broadway Database
- 1953 Best Plays radio adaptation of play at Internet Archive
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