Tobacco Road (play)
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Tobacco Road is a play by Jack Kirkland first performed in 1933, based on the 1932 novel of the same name by Erskine Caldwell. The play ran on Broadway for a total of 3,182 performances, surpassing Abie's Irish Rose to become the longest-running play in history at the time.[1][2] As of 2023, it was still the 20th longest-running Broadway show in history, as well as being the second-longest running non-musical ever on Broadway.[3]
Play adapted by Jack Kirkland
| Tobacco Road | |
|---|---|
 First UK edition (1949) | |
| Written by | Jack Kirkland |
| Date premiered | December 1933 |
| Place premiered | Theatre Masque New York City |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell |
| Genre | Drama |
| Setting | A farm in Georgia during the Great Depression |