Jay Presson Allen [SEP] cause of death
in adapting, Allen said in a 1972 interview with "The New York Times", "is not to throw out the baby with the bath water. You can change all kinds of things, but don't muck around with the essence."
Death.
Jay Presson Allen died May 1, 2006 at her home in Manhattan following a stroke, aged 84.
Awards and honors.
In 1982, Allen was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award for outstanding women who, through their endurance and the
played Ralph in the film version of 1963. 
Production Sara Schiff/Jay Presson Allen.
The screenplay is credited to Sara Schiff. Schiff is the pseudonym of author Jay Presson Allen. The screenplay was her last film work before her death in 2006. She was reportedly unsatisfied by the final product and had her name removed, hence the attribution to a pseudonym. Presson-Allen was also producer Lewis M. Allen's wife.
The trick in adapting, Allen said in a 1972 interview with "The New York Times