As BroadwayWorld reported last year, the heir of French playwright Marcelle Maurette sued playwright Terrence McNally and the producers of the Broadway hit Anastasia for plagiarizing material from the 1952 play.Jean-Etienne de Becdelievreclaimed that 20th Century Fox licensed the play for its 1956 and 1997 films, but not for stage productions.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:03PM on April 3, 2018