Dylan (1964 play)
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Dylan is a 1964 play by Sidney Michaels
. It is based on Dylan Thomas in America by John Malcolm Brinnin
, and Leftover Life to Kill by Caitlin Thomas, and is about the final years of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas
. At the 18th Tony Awards
it was nominated for Best Play, and earned Alec Guinness
(in the title role) the award for best performance.
Sidney Michaels
Sidney Michaels was an American playwright best known for the early and mid 1960s works Tchin-Tchin, Dylan, and Ben Franklin in Paris.-External links:...
. It is based on Dylan Thomas in America by John Malcolm Brinnin
John Malcolm Brinnin
John Malcolm Brinnin was an American poet and literary critic. Brinnin was born in Halifax Nova Scotia to two United States citizens....
, and Leftover Life to Kill by Caitlin Thomas, and is about the final years of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas
Dylan Marlais Thomas was a Welsh poet and writer, Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 11 January 2008. who wrote exclusively in English. In addition to poetry, he wrote short stories and scripts for film and radio, which he often performed himself...
. At the 18th Tony Awards
18th Tony Awards
The 18th Annual Tony Awards took place on April 28, 1964 in the New York Hilton in New York City. The ceremony was broadcast on local television station WWOR-TV in New York City...
it was nominated for Best Play, and earned Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness
Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE was an English actor. He was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. He later won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Colonel Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai...
(in the title role) the award for best performance.