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THE BASICS: MISERY, a play by William Goldman ... of a very real sledgehammer first hit the very real wood of the stage floor, and realized that it was not a foam rubber prop, we jumped.

Goldman was first tapped in the late 1980s to turn King’s “Misery” novel into a screenplay for the much-acclaimed 1990 film of the same name. His stage play, which Backyard Renaissance ...

Because of the play’s violence ... Laurie Metcalf, “Misery” was lauded by NBC-NY, which raved, “There are no lulls in famed screenwriter William Goldman’s 90-minute stage adaptation ...