
Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole (1961) - repro
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James Goldman and William Goldman’s whimsical 1961 Broadway military comedy 'Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole' opened to critical adulation at the Morosco Theatre. Written by the legendary brother playwriting duo before their iconic cinematic successes, the fast-paced plot unfolds inside a sweltering U.S. Army supply depot in the southern United States, tracking Lieutenant Stanley Poole, a battle-hardened but uneducated veteran supply officer who faces an administrative crisis when a strict new regulation mandates that all officers must pass a high-level academic exam or face immediate military discharge. Directed by Jerome Chodorov, the production starred Darren McGavin alongside a young Peter Fonda in his acclaimed Broadway debut.

