Breakfast at Tiffany's (film) Breakfast at Tiffany's (film) Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American romantic comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and written by George Axelrod, loosely based on Truman Capote's 1958 novella of the same name. Starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard, and featuring Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, and Mickey Rooney, the film was initially released on October 5, 1961 by Paramount Pictures. Hepburn's portrayal of Holly Golightly as the naïve, eccentric socialite is generally considered to be the actress's most memorable and identifiable role. Hepburn regarded it as one of her most challenging roles, since she was an introvert
The Novella The Novella The Novella is a Caroline era stage play, a comedy written by Richard Brome. It was first published in the 1653 Brome collection "Five New Plays", issued by the booksellers Humphrey Moseley, Richard Marriot, and Thomas Dring. In the 1653 "Five New Plays" (not to be confused with the 1659 Brome collection of the same name), each of the plays has its own title page. The title page of "The Novella" specifies that the drama was performed by the King's Men at the Blackfriars Theatre in the year 1632. One detail in the play-offers insight into the functioning