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Death Takes a Holiday is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama starring Fredric March, Evelyn Venable and Guy Standing. It is based on the 1924 Italian play La morte in vacanza by Alberto Casella (1891–1957), as adapted in English for Broadway in 1929 by Walter Ferris.
Sep 4, 2011 · Death Takes a Holiday. A musical in two acts; music and lyrics by Maury Yeston; book by Peter Stone and Thomas Meehan - adapted from the 1924 Italian play La Morte in Vacanza by Alberto Casella (adapted in English for Broadway in 1929 by Walter Ferris). Laura Pels Theatre, off-Broadway 10 June - 4 September, 2011.
The character who symbolizes Death is a very human person, with no conventional claptrap dragged in for mere effect. Here is a play that stimulates discussion and presents a novel and optimistic philosophy of the problems of love and death.
Sep 14, 2010 · The character who symbolizes Death is a very human person, with no conventional claptrap dragged in for mere effect. Here is a play that stimulates discussion and presents a novel and optimistic philosophy of the problems of love and death.
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The newness of his mortal form delights Death, and he behaves like a gentleman. Death and Grazia are immediately smitten with each other; however, she goes home with her mother, and Death is entertained by Lambert's guests, Stephanie and Rhoda Fenton, who are hungry for husbands.
- Mitchell Leisen
- Fredric March
The play, as described, studies the nature of life, love and death and the consequences of death taking a three day holiday and taking on human form where he falls in love with a young woman and learns the beauty of life, the power of love and the reason why men fear him.
Rewritten for the American stage by Walter Ferris. Originally produced by Messrs. Shubert. Although “death” is in the title, the operative word is “holiday!”. Based on the 1934 film, this beautiful and heartbreaking musical is a celebration of the limited time we spend on earth.
