Batman Returns the Penguin. We didn't really officially cast it, but for a short nasty little guy, it's a short list. I ended up writing the character for Danny DeVito." Burgess Meredith (who portrayed the Penguin in the 1960s TV series "Batman") was cast for a little cameo as Tucker Cobblepot, Penguin's father, but illness prevented him from it and that role was taken by Paul Reubens. In early 1991, two of Hollywood's largest sound stages (Stage 16 at Warner Bros. and Stage 12 at Universal Studios) were being prepared for the filming of "Batman Returns". Filming started in June 1991. Stage
The Stone Guest (play) The Stone Guest (play) The Stone Guest () is a poetic drama by Alexander Pushkin based on the Spanish legend of Don Juan, spelled Don Guan () by Pushkin. Pushkin wrote "The Stone Guest" in 1830 as part of a collection of four short plays known as "Little Tragedies". The play is based on the familiar Don Juan legend, but while most traditional adaptations present it as farcical and comedic, Pushkin's "little tragedy" is indeed a romantic tragedy. Save for the duel, there is little action, and though written in the form of a play, scholars agree that it was