Editing Gas Light (section)

===Broadway===
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In the spring of 1941 [[Vincent Price]] and his wife, actress [[Edith Barrett]], saw ''Gas Light'' performed in Los Angeles as a [[Two-hander|three-hander]] titled ''Five Chelsea Lane''. They were impressed by the play and set about securing the rights for a Broadway production of their own. By fall, they had found a producer to underwrite the project, but Barrett abruptly withdrew to remain in Hollywood and work in films. In November 1941 Price returned to work on the New York stage. [[Judith Evelyn]], the Canadian actress who played the role of Mrs. Manningham in Los Angeles, joined the Broadway production. The name of the play changed to ''Angel Street''.<ref name="Price">{{cite book |last=Price |first=Victoria |date=1999 |title=Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780312242732/page/109 |location=New York |publisher=St. Martin's Press |pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780312242732/page/109 109–111] |isbn=0-312-24273-5 |url-access=registration }}</ref>

''Angel Street'' premiered on Broadway at the [[John Golden Theatre]] on 5 December 1941, produced and directed by [[Shepard Traube]] (1907–1983).<ref name="nytimes-shepard-traube-76">{{cite web |last1=Fraser |first1=C. Gerald |title=SHEPARD TRAUBE, 76, IS DEAD; STAGE PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/25/obituaries/shepard-traube-76-is-dead-stage-producer-and-director.html |website=The New York Times |date=25 July 1983}}</ref> The cast featured [[Leo G. Carroll]] (Rough), Florence Edney (Elizabeth), Elizabeth Eustis (Nancy), [[Judith Evelyn]] (Mrs. Manningham) and [[Vincent Price]] (Mr. Manningham).<ref name="IBDB"/><ref>[http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/8490/Angel-Street " 'Angel Street' Listing"] playbillvault.com, accessed 20 June 2013</ref> Price left the play after a year, when his working relationship with Evelyn deteriorated into what she later described as  "violent dislike".<ref name="Price"/> In December 1942 [[John Emery (actor)|John Emery]] assumed the role of Mr. Manningham.<ref name="IBDB">{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/angel-street-1145 |title=Angel Street |publisher=[[Internet Broadway Database]] |access-date=2018-08-06 }}</ref>

In a long profile headlined “The Triumph of Traube,“ published on 14 March 1943, ''[[The New York Times]]'' described some of the challenges faced by the production, including the untimely opening date, two days before [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]]: “On Dec. 5 the play opened, on Dec. 6 the rave reviews had sent a long line of pilgrims to the theatre box office, on Dec. 7 the play was forgotten under the impact of the Japanese attack. ''Angel Street'' wabbled momentarily then picked up its stride, which has hardly slackened since.”<ref>{{Cite news|title=THE TRIUMPH OF TRAUBE; An Interview With the Director of 'The Patriots' and 'Angel Street' THE TRIUMPH OF TRAUBE| work=The New York Times |url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1943/03/14/85089845.html?pageNumber=147|access-date=2020-07-10|language=en}}</ref> The play transferred to the [[Bijou Theatre (Manhattan, 1917)|Bijou Theatre]] on 2 October 1944 and closed on 30 December 1944 after 1,295 performances.<ref name="IBDB" />