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Orpheus Descending is a three-act play by Tennessee Williams. It was first presented on Broadway on March 17, 1957, with Maureen Stapleton and Cliff Robertson, under the direction of Harold Clurman, but had only a brief run (68 performances) and modest success. [ 1 ]
The Fugitive Kind is a 1960 American drama film starring Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, and Joanne Woodward, directed by Sidney Lumet.The screenplay by Meade Roberts and Tennessee Williams was based on the latter's 1957 play Orpheus Descending, itself a revision of his 1940 work Battle of Angels, which closed after its Boston tryout.
On Broadway, Armstrong portrayed Dr. Baugh and Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), Sheriff Talbott in Orpheus Descending (1957), and Captain Keller in The Miracle Worker (1959). [6] He also began writing his own plays, which were performed off-Broadway.
The Waltz of the Toreadors (1957) - director, Tony nomination for Best Director; Orpheus Descending (1957) - director; The Day the Money Stopped (1958) - director; The Waltz of the Toreadors (1958) (revival) - director; A Touch of the Poet (1958) - director; The Cold Wind And The Warm (1958) - director; Heartbreak House (1959) (revival) - director
1957 Orpheus Descending: Lady Torrance Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway [33] 1958–1959 The Cold Wind And The Warm: Aunt Ida Morosco Theatre, Broadway [34] 1960–1961 Toys in the Attic: Carrie Berniers Hudson Theatre, Broadway [35] 1965 The Glass Menagerie: The Mother Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway [36] 1966 The Rose Tattoo: Serafina Delle Rose
In 1957, Tyner made his debut on Broadway in Orpheus Descending.Two years later, he appeared with Paul Newman in Sweet Bird of Youth on Broadway. [2]During 1959, Tyner made his film debut with an uncredited part in That Kind of Woman.
Suddenly Last Summer was written in New York in 1957 and debuted as part of a double bill of one-act plays by Williams, titled Garden District. [26] (The other one-act play was Something Unspoken.) Garden District premiered Off-Broadway at the York Playhouse on January 7, 1958.
Denton was active in Little Theater productions during his time as a student at the University of California, Berkeley. [5]In New York, he gradually gained stage roles, with Broadway credits including Key Largo (1940), Liberty Jones (1941), Fragile Fox (1954), Bus Stop (1955), Orpheus Descending (1957), and Winesburg, Ohio (1958).