Irwin Allen Irwin Allen Irwin Allen (June 12, 1916 – November 2, 1991) was an American television, documentary and film director and producer with a varied career who became known as the "Master of Disaster" for his work in the disaster film genre. His most successful productions were "The Poseidon Adventure" (1972) and "The Towering Inferno" (1974). He also created several popular 1960s science fiction television series, such as "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", "Lost in Space", "The Time Tunnel", and "Land of the Giants". Irwin Allen was born in New York City, the son of poor Jewish immigrants from
The Sea Voyage may be that both plays devote a greater-than-usual proportion of their theatrical space and time to their special effects. Along with Fletcher's "The Island Princess", "The Sea Voyage" has attracted the attention of some late twentieth century critics and scholars as part of the literature of colonialism and anti-colonialism. The Sea Voyage The Sea Voyage is a late Jacobean comedy written by John Fletcher and Philip Massinger. The play is notable for its imitation of Shakespeare's "The Tempest." "The Sea Voyage" was licensed for performance by the Master of the Revels on 22 June 1622. "The Sea Voyage" was acted