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James M. Cain. Cain's Double Indemnity, adapted for the stage by David Pichette and R. Hamilton Wright, makes its San Diego premiere at The Old Globe July 26 - Aug. 25, 2013. Photo courtesy of The Old Globe. |
David Pichette. The San Diego premiere of Double Indemnity, by James M. Cain, adapted for the stage by Pichette and R. Hamilton Wright, runs at The Old Globe July 26 - Aug. 25, 2013. Photo courtesy of The Old Globe. |
R. Hamilton Wright. The San Diego premiere of Double Indemnity, by James M. Cain, adapted for the stage by David Pichette and Wright, runs at The Old Globe July 26 - Aug. 25, 2013. Photo courtesy of The Old Globe. |
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The San Diego premiere of Double Indemnity, by James M. Cain, adapted for the stage by David Pichette and R. Hamilton Wright, runs at The Old Globe July 26 - Aug. 25, 2013. Photo courtesy of The Old Globe. |
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Cast and Creative Team
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James M. Cain (Novelist, Double Indemnity), one of the creators of the roman noir genre, began his career as a police reporter for The Baltimore Sun and was a protégé of the famous critic H. L. Mencken. As a journalist born and raised on the East Coast, Cain contributed to The Atlantic, The Nation, The New York World and American Mercury and became the managing editor of The New Yorker magazine before moving to Hollywood in 1930. Though he tried his hand at both plays and screenwriting, Cain found his true voice and fame as a crime novelist and short story writer. Best known for his novel The Postman Always Rings Twice, Cain is also the author of Serenade, Mildred Pierce, Sinful Woman, The Moth, Rainbow’s End and Past All Dishonor, among others. Double Indemnity, his second novel, was first published in serial form in Liberty Magazine in 1943. Cain died at the age of 85 in 1977. |
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David Pichette (Playwright, Double Indemnity) has been a fixture in the Northwest theater scene for the last 30 years. His notable performances have included the title role in Nixon’s Nixon, Feste in Twelfth Night, Terbougie in Alan Alda’s Radiance and Noël in Oh, Coward! (Seattle Repertory Theatre), George in Jumpers, Dispatcher in David Hare’s one-man show Via Dolorosa, Harold Pinter’s Victoria Station and Mellersh in Enchanted April (A Contemporary Theatre), Voltaire and Pangloss in Candide, John Adams in 1776 and Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady (The 5th Avenue Theatre) and King Henry and Shallow in Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, Polonius in Hamlet and Jaques in As You Like It (Seattle Shakespeare Company). Around the country, he has appeared with Alliance Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage and San Jose Repertory Theatre. A longtime love of classic American crime fiction, shared with co-author and fellow actor R. Hamilton Wright, led to a decision two years ago to give a shot at adapting James M. Cain’s Double Indemnity. Working with Wright on a script proved to be every bit as enjoyable as working with him onstage. |
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R. Hamilton Wright (Playwright, Double Indemnity) has been a professional actor for 35 years, and in that time he has appeared in over 130 productions. He was last seen on stage this season at A Contemporary Theatre in The Pitmen Painters by Lee Hall and One Slight Hitch by Lewis Black. He directed A.R. Gurney’s Sylvia this last season for Seattle Repertory Theatre. |
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