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{en} Frances Goodrich - Albert Hackett. The Diary of Anne Frank. Premiered in New York, 1955. Published in New York: Random House, 1956.
Abstract
Stage adaptation of the book The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. It is a dramatization by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, and opened at the Cort Theatre on Broadway on October 5, 1955. The cast was led by Susan Strasberg as Anne Frank and Joseph Schildkraut as Otto Frank. The play transferred to fellow Broadway theatre, the Ambassador Theatre on February 1957, and closed there on June 22 after 717 performances. The play then traveled the United States with the original cast, save for Millie Perkins playing Anne Frank.
The play received the Tony Award for Best Play and was also nominated for Best Actress (Susan Strasberg), Best Scenic Design (Boris Aronson), Best Costume Design (Helene Pons), Best Director (Garson Kanin). The play also received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich. Susan Strasberg won the 1956 Theatre World Award. The play also received the 1956 New York Drama Critics Circle award for best play.
A revival of the play was presented on Broadway in 1997-1998, starring Natalie Portman as Anne.
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