The Lennon Play: In His Own Write - Adrienne Kennedy, John Lennon, Victor Spinetti. Published by Jonathan Cape, Hardback with dust jacket, 1968. First edition. In His Own Write was originally a 1964 nonsense book by John Lennon. His first book, it consists of poems and short stories ranging from eight lines to three pages, as well as illustrations. In 1966, American playwright Adriennne Kennedy came up with the idea of adapting Lennon's two books (In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works) for the stage, then around the end of 1967, actor Victor Spinetti began working with Kennedy to adapt the two books into a one-act play. Originally titled Scene Three, Act One after one of In His Own Write's stories and staged under that name in late 1967, the play's title was changed to The Lennon Play: In His Own Write. The play opened at The Old Vic theatre in London on 18 June 1968, but was heavily censored due to lines perceived as blasphemous and disrespectful to world leaders, including a