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Revival of 'Hughie' opens at the Booth Theatre

Hughie is a short play written by Eugene O’Neill in 1942. It is basically a monologue between its only 2 characters, hotel’s new night clerk Charlie Hughes and a small-time hustler Erie Smith. Its 4th Broadway production at Booth Theatre was directed by Michael Grandage. The production had a shortened run of 55 performances.

Ralph Fiennes stars in Shaw's 'Man and Superman'

Man and Superman is a drama written by George Bernard Shar in 1903. It originally opened in 1905 and have gone through a number of productions in the UK. In its 2015 production, London’s National Theatre starred Ralph Fiennes in the role of Jack Tanner, the alleged descendant and the modern representation of Don Juan.

'Not About Nightingales' has its Broadway premiere

Not About Nightingales is a 3-act play written by Tennessee Williams in 1938. The story of the play unfolds in a prison and focuses on inmates who go on a hunger strike, in order to try to better their situation. The play was not discovered until the late 90s. Therefore, it had its world premiere 60 years after its creation, at the Alley Theatre.

'The Hothouse' opens at the Atlantic Theater Company

The Hothouse is a full-length tragicomedy by Harold Pinter, written in 1958. The play premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in 1980. Several years later, the play opened at Atlantic Theater Company, an Off-Broadway non-profit theater. The story focuses on the institution’s director Roote, who is undermined by his subordinates.

Playwright Tennessee Williams dies at 71

Tennessee Williams was an American playwright. He became suddenly famous with The Glass Menagerie, a play that closely reflected his own unhappy family background. His other popular plays include A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Sweet Bird of Youth.

George Bernard Shaw's 'The Philanderer' premieres in London

The Philanderer by George Bernard Shaw is one of the 3 plays Shaw published as Plays Unpleasant in 1898, alongside Widowers' Houses and Mrs. Warren's Profession. The plays were written to raise awareness of social problems and criticize capitalist behavior.

English polymath Christopher Wren dies

He is most known as an architect. He was responsible for rebuilding 52 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666. Wren also designed famous Royal Naval College building Greenwich. His interests were, however, much wider. He contributed to anatomy, astronomy, mathematics and physics. Wren was a founder of the Royal Society.

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