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3 unusual facts about The Creation of the World and Other Business


Mark Lamos

His early Broadway appearances all were in short-lived productions: The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks and The Creation of the World and Other Business in 1972, Cyrano in 1973, and a revival of Man and Superman in 1978.

The Creation of the World and Other Business

Original director Harold Clurman and most of the cast, including Barbara Harris and Hal Holbrook, were replaced, and the playwright rewrote most of what was material possibly better suited for Neil Simon than the man responsible for dramatic classics like Death of a Salesman.

Miller's first work since The Price five years earlier, Creation stumbled along during rehearsals.



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