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Written by | Claude E. Murrell |
Date premiered | 1911 |
Original language | English |
Genre | Melodrama |
The Man They Could Not Hang is a play based on the life of John Barracombe Lee.
The newspaper Lloyd's Weekly had published Lee's story, contributing to the re-opening of the case and Lee's release. Lloyd's then suggested to Lee that he dramatise his story to make some money; Lee agreed and Claude Murrell was commissioned.[1][2]
The play was turned into an Australian film, The Life Story of John Lee, or The Man They Could Not Hang (1912).
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