Silent Night, Lonely Night Explained

Silent Night, Lonely Night is a 1959 play by Robert Anderson.

The 1959 production on Broadway starred Henry Fonda and Barbara Bel Geddes.^[1]

It was Anderson's last play for a number of years.^[2]

1969 TV adaptation

The play was adapted into a television film in 1969, produced by Universal Television and broadcast on NBC.^{[3] [4]} The film was directed by Daniel Petrie and starred Lloyd Bridges and Shirley Jones. Jones received an Emmy award nomination for her performance.^[5] The film score was composed by Billy Goldenberg.

External links

• Review of 1959 Broadway production at the Crimson
• 1959 Broadway production at IBDB
• 1969 TV Adaptation at IMDb

Notes and References

1. 'Silent Night, Lonely Night': Fonda and Barbara Bel Geddes Star Robert Anderson Play Opens at Morosco, by Brooks Atkinson. The New York Times, 4 December 1959, p. 36.
2. News: Robert Anderson: The Drama of Being a Dramatist. The New York Times. 12 June 1988. Herbert. Mitgang.
3. "There's No Biz Like TV Film Biz", Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times, 9 January 1969, g17.
4. "Movies are better than ever--at least on the little screen", Los Angeles Times, December 1969, q2.
5. https://www.emmys.com/bios/shirley-jones Shirley Jones