Rocket to the Moon (play)
{{Short description|1938 play by Clifford Odets}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox play
| name = Rocket to the Moon
| image = Rocket-to-the-Moon-FE.jpg
| caption = First edition 1939
| writer = Clifford Odets
| characters =
| setting = Dentist's office, New York City
| premiere = {{start date|1938|11|24}}
| place = Belasco Theatre
New York City
| orig_lang = English
| subject =
| genre = Drama
}}
Rocket to the Moon is a 1938 play by the American playwright Clifford Odets. Originally produced by the Group Theatre at Broadway's Belasco Theatre, directed by Harold Clurman, starring Morris Carnovsky, Luther Adler and Eleanor Lynn.
Plot
In 1938 New York City, a dentist finds his business and marriage failing as he embarks on a love affair with a young dental assistant.
Original Broadway cast
File:Rocket-to-the-Moon-Lynn-Adler.jpg and Luther Adler in the original Broadway production of Rocket to the Moon (1938)]]
- Luther Adler as Mr. Prince
- Morris Carnovsky as Ben Stark, D.D.S.
- William Challee as a Salesman
- Leif Erickson as Frenchy
- Sanford Meisner as Willy Wax
- Ruth Nelson as Belle Stark
- Art Smith as Phil Cooper, D.D.S.
- Eleanor Lynn as Cleo Singer
Adaptations
The play was adapted for television by the BBC in 1986, with John Malkovich, Judy Davis, Eli Wallach, William Hootkins, Ian McShane and Connie Booth in the lead roles.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/05/arts/odets-s-rocket-to-the-moon-on-13.html|work=The New York Times|title=Odets's 'Rocket to the Moon on 13|authorlink=John J. O'Connor (journalist)|author=O'Connor, John J.|date=May 5, 1986}}{{cite web|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2006/11/11/theater/reviews/11rock.html|work=The New York Times|title=A Square Caught Up in a Love Triangle|authorlink=Charles Isherwood|author=Isherwood, Charles|date=November 11, 2006}}
References
{{reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{IBDB show|7581|Rocket to the Moon}}
- {{IMDb title|0091864|Rocket to the Moon}}
{{Clifford Odets}}
Category:Plays by Clifford Odets
Category:Plays set in New York City
Category:Works about dentistry
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