Jupiter Laughs

Jupiter Laughs
Author	A. J. Cronin
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Play
Publisher	Gollancz (UK) ; Little, Brown (US)
Publication date	1940
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	190
OCLC	1498417
	ASIN B000OHEBC2

Jupiter Laughs
Jupiter Laughs
Written by	A. J. Cronin
Date premiered	March 4, 1940
Place premiered	King's Theatre, Glasgow

Jupiter Laughs is A. J. Cronin's 1940 play in three acts about a doctor who falls in love with a colleague—a woman doctor who plans to become a medical missionary. The play was first staged in Glasgow at the King's Theatre and starred Henry Longhurst, Catherine Lacey and James Mason.^[1] In September 1940, it opened on Broadway at the Biltmore Theatre and starred Alexander Knox and Jessica Tandy.^[2] Film adaptations include Shining Victory, with James Stephenson and Geraldine Fitzgerald, and Ich suche Dich ("I Seek You") with O.W. Fischer and Anouk Aimée.^[3]

Reception[edit]

Brooks Atkinson panned the play in his September 10, 1940, review in The New York Times, criticizing the work itself and its realization. "Dr. Cronin…is all thumbs in the theater… the story is maudlin and the characters cut out of colored cardboard. If the drama has any interior meaning, it does not penetrate the mechanical performance that Reginald Denham has directed."^[4]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Dr Cronin's First Play - "Jupiter Laughs" at the King's: James Mason's Fine Performance". The Glasgow Herald. 5 March 1940. p. 8. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
^ "Jupiter Laughs: Biltmore Theatre". IBDB. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
^ Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film (reprint ed.). Walter de Gruyter. p. 99. ISBN 9783110951943. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
^ "THE PLAY IN REVIEW; 'Jupiter Laughs' Is First Drama Written by Dr. A.J. Cronin--Professor Dante's 'Sim Sala Bim'--The Lunts Return to Broadway". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

External links[edit]

Jupiter Laughs at the Internet Broadway Database

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[GH-1] "Dr Cronin's First Play - "Jupiter Laughs" at the King's: James Mason's Fine Performance". The Glasgow Herald. 5 March 1940. p. 8. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[2] "Jupiter Laughs: Biltmore Theatre". IBDB. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[Goble-3] Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film (reprint ed.). Walter de Gruyter. p. 99. ISBN 9783110951943. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[4] "THE PLAY IN REVIEW; 'Jupiter Laughs' Is First Drama Written by Dr. A.J. Cronin--Professor Dante's 'Sim Sala Bim'--The Lunts Return to Broadway". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

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v t e Works by A. J. Cronin
Novels	Hatter's Castle Three Loves Grand Canary Woman of the Earth Country Doctor The Stars Look Down The Citadel Vigil in the Night Enchanted Snow The Valorous Years The Keys of the Kingdom The Green Years Shannon's Way The Spanish Gardener Beyond This Place Escape from Fear A Thing of Beauty/Crusader's Tomb The Northern Light The Native Doctor/An Apple in Eden The Judas Tree A Song of Sixpence A Pocketful of Rye The Minstrel Boy/Desmonde Lady with Carnations Gracie Lindsay
Short stories	"Kaleidoscope in "K"" "The Innkeeper's Wife"
Play	Jupiter Laughs
Autobiography	Adventures in Two Worlds
Film adaptations	Once to Every Woman Grand Canary The Citadel Vigil in the Night The Stars Look Down Shining Victory Hatter's Castle The Keys of the Kingdom The Green Years The Spanish Gardener Web of Evidence
Television adaptations	Escape From Fear Beyond This Place Nicholas The Citadel (1960 American) The Citadel (1960 British) Dr. Finlay's Casebook The Ordeal of Dr. Shannon Memorandum van een dokter La Cittadella (1964) Novi asistent O Jardineiro Espanhol E le stelle stanno a guardare The Stars Look Down Les Années d'illusion The Citadel (1983) Doctor Finlay La Cittadella (2003)