The Oyster and the Pearl
The Oyster and the Pearl is a television play by William Saroyan (1908-1981)[1].
Contents
The original text
Broadcast as the first episode of the American TV series Omnibus on 15 February, 1953, directed by Andrew McCullough, with Alistair Cooke, Edward Binns, Paul Douglas, Hildy Parks and David Winters.
Widely published as a favourite prescribed work for schools, it was published for use in South African schools in the collection The Distance Remains and Other Plays, compiled by Robin Malan, Oxford University Press, 1996.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Saroyan
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8058738/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
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