adapted by Philip H. Reisman, Jr. from the Agee novel and the Mosel play. It was filmed in the same Knoxville neighborhood where Agee grew up. A live version of the play aired on television in 1981 starring Sally Field and William Hurt. It was broadcast live on NBC from the Bing Theatre on the campus of the University of Southern California. A TV movie adaptation filmed in Tennessee and starring Annabeth Gish, aired on PBS in 2002. Samuel Barber wrote Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (1947, revised 1950) on commission from the American soprano Eleanor Steber, who had asked for a work for soprano with orchestra. William Mayer wrote an opera based on the novel; it premiered in 1983. Knoxville the musical (2022) written by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, is a "universal coming-of-age story about family, faith and love—and the boy who will grow up to write it. With a sweeping musical score blending folk, bluegrass and ballads." Two-time Tony winner Frank Galati adapted Knoxville's book and directed the musical. Knoxville was in rehearsals for its world premiere at the Asolo Repertory Theater in Sarasota, FL but was forced to stop because of the pandemic. It came to the stage as part of their 2021-2022 season in April to May 2022. References Further reading Paul F. Brown, Rufus: James Agee in Tennessee, Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press (2018), 422 pages. . Kenneth Curry, "The Knoxville of James Agee's A Death in the Family," Tennessee Studies in Literature XIV (1969), Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, pp. 1–14. External links Photos of the first edition of A Death in the Family 1957 American novels 2007 American novels Pulitzer Prize for Fiction-winning works American autobiographical novels American novels adapted into films Culture of Knoxville, Tennessee American novels adapted into plays Novels set in Appalachia Novels set in East Tennessee Fiction set in 1915 Novels published posthumously Novels about death Novels adapted into operas