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Five Finger Exercise: A Play

Five Finger Exercise: A Play - Peter Shaffer

bookshelves: autumn-2012, tbr-busting-2012, play-dramatisation, suffolk, nazi-related

Read from September 23, 2009 to October 13, 2012

 

** spoiler alert **

In 1958 this became Shaffer's first big success in the theatre. The play ran for nearly two years at the Comedy Theatre in London, was presented in New York and also filmed. It opened with the following cast:

Stanley Harrington played by Roland Culver
Louise by Adrienne Allen
Clive by Brian Bedford
Pamela by Juliet Mills
Walter Langer by Michael Bryant

Produced by John Gielgud

Chopin wrote a number of études (studies) that are widely regarded as musical compositions to train musical ability and dexterity of the fingers, especially Étude opus 10: http://youtu.be/Mk1JQk90UbY