Adolphe d’Ennery

French playwright

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association with Verne

  • Scene from the film Around the World in 80 Days
    In Around the World in Eighty Days: Response and adaptations

    …by Verne and French playwright Adolphe d’Ennery, was also wildly successful and ran for several decades. The novel inspired numerous attempts to travel around the world in 80 days or less, most notably by American journalist Nellie Bly in 1889–90. The best-known film version, Around the World in 80 Days

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