Photo Finish

Photo Finish is a comedy by Peter Ustinov

TO BE EDITED

The original text

Subtitled “An Adventure in Biography it tells of Sam,

Performed at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York, (Feb 12, 1963 - Jun 29, 1963)

Published as Photo Finish. An Adventure in Biography in Three Acts by Little, Brown and co in 1962.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into German as Endspurt ("Final Sprint")

Made into an English TV movie in 1965 and a German movie in 1970.

Performance history in South Africa

1996: The German version performed in Cape Town by Das Kleine Theater am Kap.

Sources

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4121814/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_2_accord_1_cdt_c_23

https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/99654/photo-finish

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/photo-finish-2986

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065694/

The KTK website (last updated in 2000, now defunct) http://www.ktk.co.za/default.htm

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