Three Men in a Boat a typical boating holiday of the time in a Thames camping skiff. This was just after commercial boat traffic on the Upper Thames had died out, replaced by the 1880s craze for boating as a leisure activity. Following the overwhelming success of "Three Men in a Boat", Jerome later published a sequel, about a cycling tour in Germany, titled "Three Men on the Bummel" (also known as "Three Men on Wheels", 1900). The story begins by introducing George, Harris, Jerome (always referred to as "J."), and Jerome's dog, named Montmorency. The men are spending an evening in J.'s room, smoking
The Subject Was Roses actors who were virtually unknown." Additionally, the play opened "after" all of the award deadlines, so it was not eligible until the following year, triumphing over Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple", Murray Schisgal's "Luv" and Edward Albee's "Tiny Alice" for the Tony Award, the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. During the play's two-year run, "The Subject Was Roses" played five different Broadway theaters and Dustin Hoffman became a replacement stage manager and understudied the role of Timmy. In 1991, the Roundabout Theatre Company revived the play in New York City with John Mahoney,