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Summary. PDF Cite. Originally titled Retreats, the current title, Five Finger Exercise, is a clever and symbolic reference to a piano exercise for pianists. The play has five characters...
Five Finger Exercise is a 1962 American drama film directed by Daniel Mann and produced by Frederick Brisson from a screenplay by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett based on the play by Peter Shaffer. The film was distributed by Columbia Pictures.
Synopsis. Characters. Production History. "Five Finger Exercise" is a play by Peter Shaffer. The play premièred at the Comedy Theatre in London's West End in February 1959, and opened at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway on December 2, 1959 and closed October 1, 1960 after 337 performances.
In Sir Peter Shaffer. His first staged play, Five Finger Exercise (1958; film 1962), is a tautly constructed domestic drama that almost overnight established his reputation. It was followed by the one-act duo The Private Ear (1962; filmed as The Pad and How to Use It [1966]) and The Public Eye (1962; film…. Read More.
Five Finger Exercise (Original, Play, Broadway) opened in New York City Dec 2, 1959 and played through Oct 1, 1960.
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Based on a play by Peter Shaffer, "Five Finger Exercise" from 1962 stars Rosalind Russell, Jack Hawkins, Richard Beymer, and Maximillian Schell. The plot concerns the presence of a German tutor (Schell) for the daughter (Lana Wood) in the family, and ensuing domestic problems that come to a boil.
Five Finger Exercise. : Drama / 3m, 2f / Comp. Int. The first stage success from the author of Equus and Amadeus, this taut family drama centers on a young German student who, coming to...
