Dead Man Walking (play) work. The University of Scranton was one of the original Jesuit Universities to perform the play in their 2004-2005 season. Sister Helen Prejean, who had become an internationally known human rights activist as a result of writing "Dead Man Walking", first conceived the idea of a stage version of her work in 1998 after reading a "New Yorker" magazine article that said Arthur Miller's play, "Death of a Salesman", had been performed a million times, and was performed every day somewhere in the world. Sister Helen realized that if "Dead Man Walking" could be made into a play its impact
Adventure Story (play) the throne of Asia? Who shall I condemn to death?' The play opened at the St. James's Theatre in March 1949, with Paul Scofield in his first starring West End role, as Alexander. The BBC transmitted a live TV version of the play in 1950, starring Andrew Osborn as Alexander; and another in 1961, a recording of which has survived, directed by Rudolph Cartier, with Sean Connery in the role. Of his performance, "The Times" wrote, "certain inflexions and swift deliberations of gesture at times made one feel that the part had found the young Olivier it needs." Adventure Story