词条 | Knock (play) |
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Knock (French title: Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine) is a 1923 French satirical play about modern medicine, written by Jules Romains. It was performed for the first time at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris on 15 December 1923 in a production by Louis Jouvet. PlotThe ambitious Dr. Knock arrives in a rural village, Saint-Maurice, to step into Dr. Parpalaid's footsteps as the local physician. Unfortunately, most of the villagers are in good health. He therefore decides to make everybody believe they are actually far sicker then they actually are... AdaptationsTheatrical adaptationsTitled Dr. Knock, the play was presented at the Peacock Theatre in Dublin in 1932, with set designs by the 16-year-old Orson Welles.[1]{{Rp|106}}[2]{{Rp|329}} Film adaptations
TV adaptationsA British television version for the BBC's Theatre 625 series was broadcast in 1966. References1. ^Callow, Simon, Orson Welles: The Road to Xanadu. New York: Viking, 1996. {{ISBN|9780670867226}} 2. ^Welles, Orson, and Peter Bogdanovich, edited by Jonathan Rosenbaum, This is Orson Welles. New York: HarperCollins Publishers 1992 {{ISBN|0-06-016616-9}}. External links
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