Among the earlier portrayals on stage was in "New Faces of 1952", a 1952 Broadway musical with a number titled "Lizzie Borden" depicting the crimes, as well as Agnes De Mille's ballet "Fall River Legend" (1948) and the Jack Beeson opera "Lizzie Borden" (1965), both works being based on Borden and the murders of her father and stepmother. Other plays based on Borden include "Blood Relations" (1980), a Canadian production written by Sharon Pollock centered around the events leading up to the murders, which was made into a television movie in Calgary. "Lizzie Borden", another musical adaptation, was also made starring Tony nominee Alison Fraser.