Summer and Smoke - Adaptations

Adaptations

In 1961, a film adaptation by Paramount Pictures was directed by Peter Glenville and starred Laurence Harvey, Rita Moreno, and Geraldine Page reprising her role as Alma. A television version was produced in 1972, starring Lee Remick, David Hedison, and Barry Morse. Another production, Eccentricities of a Nightingale, appeared on television in 1976, starring Blythe Danner and Frank Langella.

An operatic treatment of the play exists as well, composed by Lee Hoiby. It was produced most recently by the Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater in December, 2010.

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