Adaptations The Member of the Wedding
julie harris, ethel waters , brandon dewilde in broadway production.
the book has been adapted stage, motion pictures, , television.
mccullers herself adapted novel broadway production directed harold clurman. opened on january 5, 1950 @ empire theatre, ran 501 performances. cast included ethel waters, julie harris, , debuted brandon dewilde, seven-year-old second-grader @ time.
waters, harris, , dewilde reprised stage roles, arthur franz, nancy gates, , dickie moore joining cast, 1952 film version member of wedding. screenplay adapted edna , edward anhalt , directed fred zinnemann. nominated academy award best actress julie harris, in debut screen appearance.
a stage musical version, f. jasmine addams, produced off-broadway in 1971.
a 1982 television adaptation, directed delbert mann, starred pearl bailey, dana hill, , howard e. rollins, jr..
a 1989 broadway revival production roundabout theatre (directed harold scott, set design thomas cariello) starred esther rolle berenice, amelia campbell frankie, , calvin lennon armitage young john henry.
the 1997 film version, adapted david w. rintels , directed fielder cook, starred anna paquin, alfre woodard, corey dunn, , enrico colantoni. rintels used original novel rather play source material.
the young vic theatre in london produced stage version of member of wedding in 2007, directed matthew dunster. frankie addams played flora spencer-longhurst , berenice sadie brown portia, member of philip seymour hoffman s labyrinth theater company.
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