All the King's Men (Warren)
by Adrian Hall, Robert Penn Warren

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120 mins1930sRoom for ExtrasBare Stage/Simple SetPeriod Costumes

Synopsis

Adapted from his Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 novel, Robert Penn Warren’s stage play chronicles the dramatic political rise and fall of a cynical populist in the 1930s American South.

This version of the widely known work had a highly successful off-Broadway run during the 1959 season.

Press Reviews

"Willie in all his personal relationships is a fascinating man and often a winning man, too… What is right and what is wrong? Mr. Warren makes a stimulating inquiry into that troublesome question."

— New York Times

"All the King’s Men went off with a roofshaking bang… This is the most engrossing drama seen off-Broadway in months."

— New York World Telegram & Sun

"This drama by Robert Penn Warren is a blockbuster. It is a major off-Broadway event…A subtle and rich study of man in society."

— Cue Magazine

Publication

BindingPaperback
ISBN-139780822200185
ISBN-10082220018X

All the King's Men (Warren) is a play written by Adrian Hall and published by Dramatists Play Service.

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