What is the longest-running play in theater history?
The longest-running play in theater history is The Mousetrap (1952) by Agatha Christie, which has never closed on the British stage.
It was adapted from one of Christie’s stories.
The longest-running play in theater history is The Mousetrap (1952) by Agatha Christie, which has never closed on the British stage.
It was adapted from one of Christie’s stories.
The Babylonian epic The Epic of Gilgamesh dates back to about 2000 B.c. It concerns the adventures of the hero Gilgamesh and the “wild man” Enkidu, and Gilgamesh’s grief over Enkidu’s death.
The author of the novels Song of Solomon (1977) and Beloved (1987) Toni Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Wofford.
Maya Angelou and Godfrey Cambridge collaborated on Cabaret for Freedom in 1960. Cambridge is best known for his appearances in films like Watermelon Man (1970) and Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970). Angelou’s poetry, prose, and drama include the autobiographical volume, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969).
Dylan Thomas died at age thirty-nine in 1953 in New York City after drinking eighteen straight whiskeys in a bar and lapsing into a coma.
The alternative title to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was The Modern Prometheus.
Miss Lonelyhearts’ real name was never given.