| 词条 | The Long and the Short and the Tall (play) |
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| mute = Japanese Soldier | setting = January 1942 An abandoned tin mine in the Malayan jungle | premiere = {{Start date|1959|01|07|df=y}} | place = Royal Court Theatre, London | orig_lang = | series = | subject = Japanese Invasion of British Malaya during World War II. | genre = | web = }}The Long and the Short and the Tall is a play written by British playwright Willis Hall. Set in the Second World War, the play premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London in January 1959; it was directed by Lindsay Anderson and starred Peter O'Toole and Robert Shaw. It was Anderson's first major production for the Royal Court, transferring to London's West End in April 1959.[1] The play's name comes from the lyrics of the 1917 song "Bless 'Em All". A film adaptation was released in 1961. Directed by Leslie Norman, it stars Laurence Harvey, Richard Harris, Richard Todd and David McCallum. A TV drama followed in 1979 which starred Michael Kitchen, Mark McManus and Richard Morant. PlotThe play is set in British Malaya in 1942, during the Battle of Malaya. The characters are a patrol of British Army soldiers; the play's events take place in an abandoned hut in the middle of the Malayan jungle. Tension rises as the patrol's radio malfunctions and a Japanese soldier stumbles upon them. Characters / cast
Albert Finney was originally cast as the North Country Pte Bamforth. Dut due to appendicitis he was replaced by the then unknown O'Toole, who turned the character into a Cockney. O'Toole's understudy who never appeared was Michael Caine[2]. Caine later played O'Toole's role on a Scottish tour of the play with Frank Finlay as Sergeant Mitchem and Terence Stamp as Whitaker[3]. Television AdaptationThe play was filmed for British TV in 1959 with the play's original cast.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3355836/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt TV Adaptation] at IMDB References1. ^{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=Philip|title=The Royal Court Theatre and the Modern Stage|year=1999|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge, UK|isbn=0-521-47438-8|pages=68–75}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Long and the Short and the Tall}}2. ^https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/mar/12/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries1 3. ^pp. 146-147 Caine, Michael What's It All About? Random House, 31 Mar. 2012 2 : 1959 plays|British plays |
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