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From the Archives: John Heilpern on Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury died this week at the age of 91 and there have been a number of remembrances of his life and work. From The Observer archives, here is a piece by John Heilpern, a long-time drama critic for this publication. The piece is a review of a stage production of Bradbury’s masterpiece 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451, which the author adapted into a one-act play in 1979. Mr. Heilpern discusses how the novel was never appealing to him until seeing the play, which was performed by the Godlight Theatre Company in 2006: Read More