Wait Until Dark
Wait Until Dark is a play by Frederick Knott.
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The original text
After seven previews, the Broadway production, directed by Arthur Penn, opened on February 2, 1966, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
The London West End production starred Honor Blackman and Peter Sallis.
Translations and adaptations
The film, directed by Terence Young with a screenplay by Robert Carrington and Jane Howard-Carrington and a score by Henry Mancini, premiered on October 26, 1967. It starred Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Jack Weston, and was produced by Hepburn's then-husband Mel Ferrer.
Performance history in South Africa
Toerien-Firth presented Wait Until Dark directed by Anthony Sharp starring Shirley Anne Field at the Intimate Theatre in 1972.
Sources
Wikipedia [1].
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