''Claudia'', a story about a naive young wife's maturing, is a 1941 play by

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Broadway play

''Claudia'', based on Franken's 1939 novel, premiered as a play on

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in 1941. The play was written and directed by Rose Franken and produced by

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. The show starred

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as Claudia Naughton and Donald Cook as David Naughton. When it closed in 1943, it had run for a total of 722 performances.

Books

Franken's ''Claudia: The Story of a Marriage'' was released in 1939, the first in a series of books which would be followed by ''Another Claudia'' (1943), ''Young Claudia'' (1946), ''The Marriage of Claudia'' (1948), ''From Claudia to David'' (1949), two 1952 novels, and a 1958 omnibus edition called ''The Complete Book of Claudia''. The ''Claudia'' series explored the challenges and delights of family relationships that foster personal growth.

Films

''Claudia'' was first made into a film, '' Claudia'' (1943), followed by '' Claudia and David'' in 1946.

Television

In January 1952, NBC-TV premiered a series based on '' Claudia, The Story of a Marriage''.

Radio

The play was first adapted for radio in a segment on the June 6, 1941, episode of ''

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''. When Smith's program went off the air for the summer, a 30-minute version, '' Claudia and David'', filled her time slot. In 1949, the

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presented two 90-minute productions of ''Claudia''.

References

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