Arsenic and Old Lace is a play by American playwright Joseph Kesselring, written in 1939. It has become best known through the 1944 film adaptation starring Cary Grant and directed by Frank Capra.
The play was produced by Lindsay and Crouse and directed by Bretaigne Windust, and opened on Broadway at the Fulton Theatre on January 10, 1941. On September 25, 1943, the play moved to the Hudson Theatre, closing there on June 17, 1944, having played 1,444 performances.
The West End production – directed by Marcel Varnel and produced at London's Strand Theatre – enjoyed a similarly long run.
Opening on December 23, 1942, and closing on March 2, 1946, it totalled 1,337 performances.
Of the 12 plays written by Kesselring, Arsenic and Old Lace was by far the most successful. According to the opening night review in The New York Times, the play was "so funny that none of us will ever forget it.
Summary:
On the day that he gets engaged to be wed, Mortimer Brewsterdiscovers that his aunts have been murdering old men and burying them in the cellar.
Complications arise when cops mill around house, and Mortimer's estranged brother Jonathan arrives with his with a less-than-reputable plastic surgeon.
The Play:
roduced by The Greater Grand Forks Community Theatre & The Historic Norman Funeral Home
Grand Forks, North Dakota
May 12-28, 2016
The Film:
1962, USA, Comedy, Hallmark Channel, Tv-Movie
Director: George Schaefer
Stars:Tony Randall, Boris Karloff, Dorothy Stickney
Writers: Robert Hartung, Joseph Kesselring
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