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The Musical Comedy Murders Of 1940
''The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940'' is a comedy by John Bishop (screenwriter), John Bishop. The play was first performed at the Circle Repertory Company in their theatre at 99 Seventh Avenue South in New York City, later moving to Broadway theatre, Broadway, opening on April 6, 1987, in The Longacre Theatre. Both productions were directed by the playwright and shared the same cast. The play is said to have been based on several 1940s mystery movies, including ''The Cat and the Canary (1939 film), The Cat and the Canary'', one of Bob Hope's first films. Plot The play takes place in a mansion in Chappaqua, New York in December 1940, specifically, the library. The mansion is owned by Elsa Von Grossenknueten, and her maid, Helsa Wenzel. In the opening scene, we see Helsa is killed by a masked figure. We also see Elsa talking to a police officer, Michael Kelly, about some sort of undercover scheme. Both are unaware of the maid's murder. The next morning, we see Helsa again, only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bishop (screenwriter)
John Bishop (May 3, 1929 – December 20, 2006), was an American playwright and screenwriter who achieved limited success on both Broadway theatre, Broadway and in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood. Bishop was born in Mansfield, Ohio. He majored in theatre at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and began his career as an actor at the Cleveland Play House in Cleveland. Although his stage career led into directing, his first success on Broadway came from writing the play ''The Trip Back Down'', which played for two months at the Longacre Theatre in early 1977. In 1987, he made it back to Broadway by writing and directing ''The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940'', which ran for almost four months, again at the Longacre. During this time, Bishop was also a member of the acclaimed off-Broadway Circle Repertory Company. Mr. Bishop moved west after the dissolution of Circle Repertory Company in 1997 and founded Circle West, which carried on many of the artistic missions of the ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |