Edited sentence: A stage adaptation of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter premiered on March 30, 2005 at The Alliance Theater in Atlanta, Georgia.Benedict Copeland, an idealistic African-American doctor.The novel was adapted into a movie in 1968, starring Alan Arkin, Sondra Locke and Cicely Tyson.The play was an Alliance Theater presentation done in association with The Acting Company out of New York.The play was in two acts adapted from the novel by Rebecca Gilman and directed by Doug Hughes.The show ran until April 24 of that year, and then toured.The struggles of four of John Singer's primary acquaintances make up the majority of the narrative.They are Mick Kelly, a young girl; Jake Blount, an alcoholic labor agitator; Biff Brannon, a restaurateur; and Dr