The Subject Was Roses

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play stage work

The Subject Was Roses is a 1964 Pulitzer Prize–winning American play by Frank D. Gilroy that explores the emotional fallout within a family when a young World War II veteran returns home.

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instanceOf play ⓘ
stage work ⓘ
adaptedInto The Subject Was Roses (1968 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Frank D. Gilroy NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for Drama NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Play NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn experiences of returning World War II veterans ⓘ
broadwayOpeningYear 1964 ⓘ
broadwayProductionType original Broadway production ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dramaticStructure three-character play ⓘ
dramaticStyle domestic drama ⓘ
realism ⓘ
filmAdaptationCastMember Jack Albertson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Martin Sheen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Patricia Neal NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Ulu Grosbard NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseDate 1968 ⓘ
firstBroadwayTheatre Royale Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1964 ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
hasPart character John Cleary ⓘ
character Nettie Cleary NERFINISHED ⓘ
character Timmy Cleary ⓘ
hasPublicationForm acting edition ⓘ
trade edition ⓘ
locationOfFirstPerformance Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediumOfAdaptation feature film ⓘ
notableFor Pulitzer Prize–winning script ⓘ
intimate portrayal of a postwar American family ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
publicationDate 1964 ⓘ
setting New York City ⓘ
subject World War II veteran ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
marital conflict ⓘ
parent–child relationships ⓘ
postwar trauma ⓘ
theme communication breakdown in families ⓘ
emotional fallout of war ⓘ
guilt and resentment ⓘ
reconciliation ⓘ
timePeriod post–World War II era ⓘ

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Morosco Theatre → hostedProduction → The Subject Was Roses ⓘ
Francisco Estévez → notableWork → The Subject Was Roses ⓘ
Edgar Lansbury → notableWork → The Subject Was Roses ⓘ
Edgar Lansbury → notableWork → The Subject Was Roses ⓘ
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Frank D. Gilroy → notableWork → The Subject Was Roses ⓘ
Frank D. Gilroy → wrotePlay → The Subject Was Roses ⓘ
Frank D. Gilroy → basedOnHisPlay → The Subject Was Roses ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Subject Was Roses (film)