1907 Writer-playwright is born to actors Gerald and Muriel du Maurier. Daphne later adapts her novel Rebecca into .
1919 's drama depicting life in Ireland, John Ferguson, is the Theatre Guild's first success. stages and plays the lead. It runs 177 performances at Broadway's Garrick Theatre.
1924 Composer dies in New York City. He composed music for three of the Ziegfeld Follies and The Honeymoon Express, among others. He was 37 years old.
1954 opens on Broadway at the St. James Theatre. and 's score includes "Hey There," "Hernando's Hideaway," and "Steam Heat." and direct, and choreographs. It runs 1,063 performances, and wins five Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
1964 English actor dies in London at age 58. She made her professional debut in London in 1925. In 1932, she debuted on Broadway in . She was the first wife of film director .
1973 noses his way into the Palace Theatre via a musical version of . The - show wins Plummer a Tony for Best Actor in a Musical.
1999 directs and in Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight. Three couples find themselves in relationship turmoil at 3 AM in 's comedy at Off-Broadway's Promenade Theatre.
2006 , the actor who lustily played Aldonza/Dulcinea in the original Broadway production of , dies of cancer at age 76.
2011 , who found stage plays in the lives of persons as diverse as French chanteuse Edith Piaf and English painter Stanley Spencer, dies at age 85. Her plays included Queen Christina, , , and .
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