Word: verneuil
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Louis Verneuil followed Bernard Shaw into the Plymouth Theatre on Monday night. He walked falteringly, tripped on the stage and fell flat on his face...
...hitching the plot of the man who slyly deprives his wife of her lover onto that of the man who falls in love with his mere convenience of a wife, Playwright Verneuil less enriches the enjoyment than prolongs the agony. The whole story, being almost as involved as it is predictable needs two or three buildup scenes for every one that proves at all entertaining. In spots, Verneuil fans Affairs with fairly lively comments about life and breezy cackle about Washington; as the bride, Celeste Holm is deft and bright when not forced to be coy; as the scheming...
Broadway seemed determined to start the season off in high gear. Opening month last year saw only one production, but September 1950 will have five: James Bridie's long-run London hit Daphne Laureola, Louis Verneuil's Affairs of State with Celeste Holm, Owen Crump's Southern Exposure, Lesley Storm's Black Chiffon, another London import, and Drama Critic (The New Yorker) Wolcott Gibbs's Season...