Evening Class (novel) Evening Class (novel) Evening Class is a novel by Maeve Binchy. It was adapted as the award-winning film "Italian for Beginners" (2000) by writer-director Lone Scherfig, who failed to formally acknowledge the source, although at the very end of the closing credits is the line 'with thanks to Maeve Binchy'. A story of many Irish men and women from various backgrounds and how a teacher, Nora O'Donoghue (known as "Signora"), and an Italian evening class changes their lives over the course of a year. Each chapter deals with the life story of one or more students in the class. In
Kings of the Evening her own dress shop. Director/Producer Andrew P. Jones co-wrote the screenplay with his father, Robert Page Jones, who drew upon his youth during the Great Depression. Reginald T. Dorsey also served as a producer on the movie and played Benny. "Kings of the Evening" has a MPAA rating: PG for thematic elements, language throughout, some violence and smoking. Running time is 1 hour, 40 minutes. Genre is period drama with a domestic total gross of $99,270. Kings of the Evening Kings of the Evening is a 2007 drama film directed and produced independently by Andrew P. Jones. The story follows