Ladies and Gentlemen (play)
- Ladies and Gentlemen (play)
"Ladies and Gentlemen" is a play by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht. The courtroom drama, inspired by a Hungarian play by Ladislaus Bush-Fekete, centers on the relationship that develops between two sequestered jurors, Miss Scott and Mr. Campbell, during a lengthy murder trial.
The play premiered in Santa Barbara, then ran for two weeks each in San Francisco and Los Angeles, with Helen Hayes and Herbert Marshall in the lead roles. It marked Hayes' return to the stage three years after her lengthy run in "Victoria Regina" [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,771690,00.html?promoid=googlep "Time" article, July 24, 1939] ] .
The Broadway production was produced by Gilbert Miller and co-directed by MacArthur and Lewis Allen. The scenic design was by Boris Aronson. It opened at the Martin Beck Theatre on October 17, 1939 and closed on January 13, 1940 after running for 105 performances.
The play was filmed as "Perfect Strangers" in 1950.
Principal Broadway cast
*Helen Hayes ..... Miss Scott
*Philip Merivale ..... Mr. Campbell
*Pat Harrington ..... Patullo
*Robert Keith ..... Reynolds
*Roy Roberts ..... Ward
*Evelyn Varden ..... Mrs. Bradford
Critical reception
Of the play "Time" said, " [it] brings Near-Divinity Helen Hayes back to Broadway in her first new role there since December 1935. For this Broadway can rejoice, even though finding anything to rejoice at in the play itself is like looking for a needle in a Hayestack. After a two-month tryout, this thing of shreds & patches is still, like Gaul, divided into three parts — comedy, drama, romance — and, as in Gaul, the three parts are on very uncivil terms." [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,931813-2,00.html "Time" review, October 30, 1939] ]
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