The Shrike

The Shrike is a play by American dramatist Joseph Kramm (1907-1991). The play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama

The original text
The Shrike premiered on Broadway at the Cort Theater, on January 15, 1952.

Translations and adaptations
Adapted into a motion picture of the same title in 1955.

Performance history in South Africa
Presented by the Repertory Theatre Society later known as the Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society, July 1955.

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