1958 play based on the 1922 novel Ulysses by James Joyce
Zero Mostel as Leopold Bloom in Ulysses in Nighttown (1958)
Ulysses in Nighttown is a play based on the fifteenth episode of the 1922 novel Ulysses by James Joyce (unique among the book's episodes in that it is written as a play script) that was adapted by Marjorie Barkentin and contains incidental music by Peter Link . The show opened Off-Broadway in 1958 with Zero Mostel to a long and successful run, earning Mostel an Obie Award . It debuted on Broadway on February 15, 1974, at the Winter Garden Theatre and ran for 69 performances.[ 1] The show had previously done a preview run of 26 performances in Philadelphia. The cast included Zero Mostel, Margery Beddow , Fionnula Flanagan , Gale Garnett , Tommy Lee Jones , John Astin, and David Ogden Stiers .
The play received six nominations for the 1974 Tony Awards, winning in the category for best lighting design. Zero Mostel was also one of twenty-eight actors to receive special awards from Drama Desk in 1974.
Awards and honors
Original Broadway production
See also
Ulysses , Episode 15 "Circe"
References
Works
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