For the painting, see The Road to Rome (painting).
The Road to Rome
Written by
Robert Sherwood
Date premiered
January 31, 1927 (1927-01-31)
Place premiered
Playhouse Theatre
Original language
English
Genre
historical comedy
Setting
Rome
The Road to Rome is a play by American author Robert Sherwood. The plot revolves around Hannibal's attempt to capture Rome during the Second Punic War. It was Sherwood's first published play.[1]
The play opened on January 31, 1927 at the Playhouse Theatre in New York City starring Jane Cowl and Philip Merivale and was considered a success, running until the next January.[2][3][4] It was subsequently revived two months later at the same theater, running from March 21, 1928 until Jun 1929.[2]
In 1930 it was played in Melbourne, Australia, by the Edith Taliaferro company as The Road to Romance.[5]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired the play in 1933 as a potential starring vehicle for Clark Gable.[3] In 1955, the play was adapted for the screen in musical version by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as Jupiter's Darling.
^Sherwood, Robert Emmett. The Road to Rome. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 1417927232.
^ ab"The Road to Rome – Broadway Show – Play | IBDB". Retrieved Jan 10, 2020.
^ ab"MGM Buys 'Road to Rome' Probably For Gable". The Hollywood Reporter. April 28, 1933. p. 1.
^"The Road to Rome | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved Jan 10, 2020.
^"Stage & Screen". The Australasian. Vol. CXXIX, no. 4, 270. Victoria, Australia. 8 November 1930. p. 16. Retrieved 3 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
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