Men in White | |
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Handbill for the original Broadway production | |
Written by | Sidney Kingsley |
Date premiered | September 26, 1933 |
Place premiered | Broadhurst Theatre New York City, New York |
Original language | English |
Genre | Drama |
Setting | St. George's Hospital |
Men in White is a 1933 play written by American playwright Sidney Kingsley. It was produced by the Group Theatre, Sidney Harmon and James Ramsey Ullman, directed by Lee Strasberg with scenic design created by Mordecai Gorelik. It ran for 351 performances from September 26, 1933 to July 28, 1934 at the Broadhurst Theatre. The play won the 1934 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
It was included in Burns Mantle's The Best Plays of 1933–1934.
The play was adapted for the 1934 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Men in White , starring Clark Gable (Dr. Ferguson) and Myrna Loy (Laura Hudson). [1]
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