The Cat's Meow (Paperback, Samuel French a ed.)

Full Length, Comic Drama / 6 m, 8 f, Doubling is possible. Based on the true story of a mysterious Hollywood death, The Cat's Meow offers a fascinating cross section of Jazz Era characters who intersect for one notorious weekend on board William Randolph Hearst's yacht in 1924. The play was adapted for film in 2002, with a screenplay by the author, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, and starring Kirsten Dunst, Eddie Izzard, and Edward Herrmann. Weekend guests include: Charlie Chaplin, who has been carrying on with movie star Marion Davies, a secret known to Davies' paramour, the married - and much older -- Hearst; and movie mogul Thomas Ince, who is hoping to revive his flagging fortunes by forming a partnership with Hearst. Playing with fire, Ince tries to convince Hearst that he can handle both Marion's movie career...and her private life as well. During its 1997 Los Angeles premiere, audiences and critics were both entertained and moved by this darkly comic morality play, laced with clandestine romance, Hollywood excess, and steadily heating tensions, which erupt in a shocking act of violence. "Hearst Yacht Mystery is The Cat's Meow...A stylish and sardonically funny expose of corrupt Tinseltown values. " -Los Angeles Times "Recommended - Hands Down! Will have you on the edge of your seat." -CBS Radio "A terrific new drama." -Los Angeles Daily News "Steven Peros' intriguing fictionalized speculation imagines the worst as everyone cavorts through an oceanic orgy of intrigue, seduction, infidelity, blackmail, booze, drugs, and murder."-Daily Variety

General

Imprint:	Samuel French
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2009
First published:	February 2009
Authors:	Steven Peros
Dimensions:	203 x 127 x 4mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	80
Edition:	Samuel French a ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-573-69624-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General
LSN:	0-573-69624-1
Barcode:	9780573696244

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