Thunder Rock (play)

"Thunder Rock" is a 1939 play by Robert Ardrey.

In the United States, "Thunder Rock" was produced by the Group Theater and opened 14 November 1939 and closed three weeks later. Lee J. Cobb, Frances Farmer, and Luther Adler were among the cast directed by Elia Kazan, who had directed Ardrey's play "Casey Jones" in 1938.

"Thunder Rock" closed after only 23 performances in New York City, but after a far more successful theatre run in London it was acquired and filmed, starring Michael Redgrave and James Mason, by John and Roy Boulting's Charter Films. The play became much more popular in regional theatre in the United States after its theatre and film successes in England.

References

* [http://www.answers.com/topic/robert-ardrey Writer Biography: Robert Ardrey] (primarily about the plays and screenplays)
* Wesleyan University [http://www.wesleyan.edu/cinema/collections/kazancareer.htm Cinema Archives: The Elia Kazan Collection.]
* "The New York Times" [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=113722 1943 review of film version of "Thunder Rock"]

External links

* [http://www.ibdb.com/show.asp?ID=10885 1939 NYC Group Theater production at Internet Broadway Database]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035440 "Thunder Rock" (1942 film) at IMDB]