I Killed the Count
| I Killed the Count | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Alec Coppel |
| Date premiered | 10 December 1937 |
| Place premiered | Whitehall Theatre, London |
| Original language | English |
| Setting | London |
I Killed the Count is a 1937 play by Alec Coppel. Its success launched Coppel's career.[1]
1937 London production
[edit]Cast
[edit]- Eric Maturin as Count Victor Mattoni
- Athole Stewart as Viscount Sorrington
- Alec Clunes as Detective Raines
- Anthony Hollesas Samuel Diamond
- Kathleen Harrison as Polly
- George Merritt as Divisional Inspector Davidson
- Meriel Forbes as Renee La Lune
- Barbara Francis as Louise Rogers
- Edward Petley as Johnson
- Hugh E. Wright as Mullet
- Anthony Bushell as Bernard K. Froy
- John Oxford as PC Clifton
- Frederick Cooper as Martin.
1942 Broadway production
[edit]The play was produced on Broadway in 1942.[2][3]
1939 novelisation
[edit]A novelisation of the play was published in 1939.[4]
1939 film adaptation
[edit]Radio adaptations
[edit]
The play was adapted for Australian radio in 1941. Max Afford did the adaptation.[5][6]
It was also adapted for BBC radio in 1938, 1945,[7] 1950 (with Jack Hulbert), and 1962.
1948 BBC TV adaptation
[edit]A second adaptation I Killed the Count was made by the BBC in 1948.[8] It was directed by Ian Atkins.
- Freda Bamford as Polly
- Philip Leaver as Count Victor Mattoni
- Frederick Bradshaw as Detective Sergeant Raines
- Frank Foster as Detective Inspector Davidson
- Erik Chitty as Martin
- Diarmuid Kelly as P.C. Clifton
- Olga Edwardes as Louise Rogers
- Mildred Shay as Renee la Lune
- Val Norton as Samuel Diamond
- Howard Douglas as Johnson
- Arthur Goulett
- Guy Kingsley Poynter as Bernard K. Froy
- Bruce Belfrage as Viscount Sorrington
1956 ITV TV adaptation
[edit]The play was adapted by ITV in 1956.[9] The cast included Terence Alexander and Honor Blackman.
1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents version
[edit]See I Killed the Count (Alfred Hitchcock Presents)
1959 Belgian TV version
[edit]The play was adapted for Belgian TV in 1959.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Stephen Vagg, "Alec Coppel : Australian playwright and survivor", Australasian Drama Studies, 56, April 2010, 219-232
- ^ "I Killed the Count". IBDB. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ Review of 1942 Broadway production at Variety
- ^ Novel version at AustLit
- ^ 1941 radio adaptation at AustLit
- ^ "I KILLED THE COUNT". Barrier Daily Truth. Vol. XXXIII, no. 9888. New South Wales, Australia. 21 February 1941. p. 6. Retrieved 11 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ 1945 Radio adaptation at AustLit
- ^ 1948 TV Adaptation at AustLit
- ^ 1956 TV Version at AustLit
- ^ 1959 Belgian TV version at AustLit
