Jerome Kilty
Jerome Timothy Kilty (June 24, 1922 in
Career
Kilty has written a number of notable plays including:
Dear Liar
Dear Liar, full title Dear Liar: A Comedy of Letters is a play by Kilty that had a successful run in New York, which was based on the correspondence of famed playwright
It was staged in Chicago in 1957. The New York shows launched on March 17, 1960 with Katherine Cornell and Brian Aherne. It was staged in London for the first time in 1963. After London showings, in 1964 Kilty and his wife, actress Cavada Humphrey made a world tour.
The play was brought to the screen in 1981 by the director Gordon Rigsby with the lead roles by Jane Alexander as Mrs. Patrick Campbell and Edward Herrmann as George Bernard Shaw.[1]
An adaptation in French was written by
Other plays
His other notable plays include:
- Dear Love, a love story based on the poems and letters of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning;
- The Ides of March, dealing with the actions and events surrounding the end of the Roman Empire;
- The Little Black Book, wherein a lawyer falls in love with girl number 134 from his little black book.
- Look Away, is a play based on the book, Mary Todd Lincoln, by Justin and Linda Levitt, set in an insane asylum exploring the title character's life. Starring Geraldine Page, it closed after 24 previews and just one performance, but Maya Angelou was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.
In the early days of
Tours
Kilty and Humphrey toured the world performing Dear Liar: A Comedy of Letters, beginning in 1964. They were also the first duo to internationally tour in the play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.
Controversy in South Africa
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was also performed in
Personal life
He was born in
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