I Killed the Count
I Killed the Count is a 1937 play by Alec Coppel. Its success launched Coppel's career.[1]
| I Killed the Count | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Alec Coppel | 
| Date premiered | 10 December 1937 | 
| Place premiered | Whitehall Theatre, London | 
| Original language | English | 
| Setting | London | 
1937 London production
    
    Cast
    
- Eric Maturin as Count Victor Mattoin
 - 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
    
The play was produced on Broadway in 1942.[2]
1939 novelisation
    
A novelisation of the play was published in 1939.[3]
1939 film adaptation
    
    
Radio adaptations
    
The play was adapted for Australian radio in 1941. Max Afford did the adaptation.[4][5]
It was also adapted for BBC radio in 1945.[6]
1956 ITV TV adaptation
    
The play was adapted by ITV in 1956.[8]
1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents version
    
The play was also adapted as a three-parter on TV's Alfred Hitchcock Presents.[9][10]
1959 Belgian TV version
    
The play was adapted for Belgian TV in 1959.[11]
References
    
- 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.
 - 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
 - Hal Erickson. "I Killed the Count (1939) - | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
 - 1957 TV Version at AustLit
 - 1959 Belgian TV version at AustLit
 
External links
    
- I Killed the Count (1939) at AllMovie
 - I Killed the Count adaptations at AustLit
 - Who Is Guilty? (1940) at AllMovie
 - I Killed the Count at the British Film Institute
 - I Killed the Count at IMDb
 - I Killed the Count at AusStage
 - Who is Guilty? review at Motion Picture Daily
 - Who is Guilty? review at Film Daily
 - Original play at AustLit
 
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