The Adventure of the Speckled Band a pipe. Even Conan Doyle's bow was upstaged when Lyn Harding appeared at curtain call with the snake draped around his neck. "The Speckled Band" ran for 169 performances at the Adelphi Theatre before transferring to the Globe on 28 August. The play enjoyed a successful tour in England, with two touring-companies on the road by the end of August, while the New York presentation was marred by clumsy production. Conan Doyle's financial difficulties were at an end, yet there were still problems to be resolved with the production. While the human cast was excellent, the live snake proved to
The Rocket (short story) Ritt. Additionally, a comic adaptation by Joe Orlando and Al Feldstein appeared in "Weird Science" (EC Publications, Nov.-Dec. 1953) under its original title "Outcast of the Stars," and later in Bradbury's collection of comic adaptations, "Tomorrow Midnight" (Ballantine, 1966). The 2006 film "The Astronaut Farmer" (with Billy Bob Thornton and Bruce Willis) is loosely based on "The Rocket" and shared a very similar theme and moral. The Rocket (short story) "The Rocket" is a Science fiction short story (initially published under the name "Outcast of the Stars") by American writer Ray Bradbury. It is also included in "The Illustrated Man",