"High Noon, once voted the greatest western ever made, unfolds in real time counting down to the noon arrival of a train in the town of Hadleyville in New Mexico. In the film, Cooper plays Will Kane, a newly married marshal on the brink of retirement, who hears that an outlaw is heading to town seeking vengeance. The drama explores the divide between personal concerns and public duty, not just through the marshal's dilemma but also through the characters of his wife, Amy, and the townspeople whose support he seeks."
"Producer Paula Wagner said that High Noon will bring the urgency and heart of the classic film to audiences in a way that feels both timeless and powerfully alive today. Her fellow producer Tom Werner said: Every once in a while, I see a play whose themes stick with me long after I leave the theatre. Those experiences are both thrilling and astonishing. It happened recently when I saw Sarah Snook in The Picture of Dorian Gray. And it happened when I saw High Noon this summer in a workshop."
Billy Crudup will star as Will Kane in a stage adaptation of the 1952 western High Noon, premiering at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London in December. The play, based on Carl Foreman's screenplay, unfolds in real time as Hadleyville counts down to the noon arrival of a train. Will Kane is a newly married marshal on the brink of retirement who learns an outlaw is returning to seek vengeance. The drama examines tensions between private concerns and public duty through Kane, his wife Amy, and the townspeople. Denise Gough will play Amy. Eric Roth adapted the play and Thea Sharrock directs.
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