The Desperate Hours (play)

The Desperate Hours
Written by	Joseph Hayes
Characters	Eleanor Hillard Dan Hillard Glenn Griffin Robish Mr. Patterson Ralphie Hillard Harry Carson Chuck Wright Jesse Bard Hank Griffin Lt. Carl Fredericks Miss Swift Cindy Hillard Tom Winston
Date premiered	10 February 1955
Place premiered	Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Original language	English
Setting	Present day: Indianapolis, Indiana

The Desperate Hours is a 1955 play by Joseph Hayes, based on his 1954 thriller novel of the same title. The story, about three escaped convicts, was the basis for the films The Desperate Hours in 1955 and Desperate Hours in 1990.

The play opened in New Haven's Shubert Theatre in 1955 before premiering on Broadway later that year.

The Desperate Hours won Tony Awards for Best Play and Best Direction in 1955.

References

"The Desperate Hours". That Theatre Site. 7 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
"The Shubert Theater". CAPA New Haven. 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-17.

External links

The Desperate Hours at the Internet Broadway Database

Tony Award for Best Play (1948–1975)

Mister Roberts (1948) Death of a Salesman (1949) The Cocktail Party (1950) The Rose Tattoo (1951) The Fourposter (1952) The Crucible (1953) The Teahouse of the August Moon (1954) The Desperate Hours (1955) The Diary of Anne Frank (1956) Long Day's Journey into Night (1957) Sunrise at Campobello (1958) J.B. (1959) The Miracle Worker (1960) Becket (1961) A Man for All Seasons (1962) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1963) Luther (1964) The Subject Was Roses (1965) Marat/Sade (1966) The Homecoming (1967) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1968) The Great White Hope (1969) Borstal Boy (1970) Sleuth (1971) Sticks and Bones (1972) That Championship Season (1973) The River Niger (1974) Equus (1975)

Complete list (1948–1975) (1976–2000) (2001–2025)

Joseph Hayes' The Desperate Hours

Adaptations	The Desperate Hours (1955 play) The Desperate Hours (1955 film) 36 Ghante (1974 film) Desperate Hours (1990 film)

Related	Time, Inc. v. Hill

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