Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel about patients in an Oregon psychiatric hospital has been adapted for stage and screen, resulting in one of the most celebrated motion pictures of the 1970s, winning five Academy Awards. A Broadway adaptation of the book was staged in 1963-64 with actor Kirk Douglas in the leading role of Randle McMurphy. Douglas purchased the production rights for novel and his son, Michael Douglas, produced the film version in 1975 with Milos Forman directing and Jack Nicholson leading a cast that included Danny DeVito, Louise Fletcher, Christopher Lloyd and Will Sampson.
