Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Night of January 16th

Night of January 16th

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/January 16, 2017 by Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 14:25, 30 December 2016 (UTC)



Night of January 16th is a play by Russian-American author Ayn Rand, inspired by the death of the "Match King", Ivar Kreuger. Set in a courtroom during a murder trial, an unusual feature of the play is that members of the audience are chosen to play the jury. The court hears the case of Karen Andre, a former secretary and lover of businessman Bjorn Faulkner, of whose murder she is accused. The jury must rely on character testimony to decide whether Andre is guilty; the play's ending depends on their verdict. Rand wanted to dramatize a conflict between individualism and conformity. The play was first produced in 1934 in Los Angeles under the title Woman on Trial. Producer Al Woods took it to Broadway for the 1935–36 season and re-titled it Night of January 16th. It became a hit, and ran for seven months. "Night of January 16th" has been adapted as a movie, as well as for television and radio. Rand had many disputes with Woods over script changes, and in 1968 re-edited the script for publication as the "definitive" version.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Last non-musical play I could find as TFA was The Author's Farce in 2011. Most recent for a stage production of any kind (a light opera) was May 30.
 * Main editors: RL0919
 * Promoted: November 20, 2016
 * Reasons for nomination: Date of January 16 in the title. This would be my first TFA.
 * Support as nominator. RL0919 (talk) 23:02, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Support - recent promotion, well written, sourced, and that. As mentioned in the nom, theater is not well covered or represented on wiki; would be nice to have this on main page. Ceoil (talk) 03:01, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Support per Ceoil. Curly "the jerk" Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 21:36, 19 December 2016 (UTC)