Friend Ed to Joe Saul in Act Three, Scene I: The Sea
Burning Bright (1950)
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Burning Bright
Burning Bright is a 1950 novella by John Steinbeck written as an experiment with producing a play in novel format. Rather than providing only the dialogue and brief stage directions as would be expected in a play, Steinbeck fleshes out the scenes with details of both the characters and the environment. The intention was to allow the play to be read by the non-theatrical reader while still allowing the dialogue to be lifted and performed with little adaptation by acting companies. While Steinbeck could see that providing little information in the way of physical description or stage direction allowed the director and actors greater freedom and scope for imaginative interpretation, he weighed this against the benefit of making the players aware of the author's intent and making the play accessible to the general reader.
Act One: The Circus
Burning Bright (1950)
Mordeen to Victor in Act One: The Circus
Burning Bright (1950)
Act One: The Circus. "He" is Victor.
Burning Bright (1950)
“He brought his malformed wisdom, his pool-hall, locker-room, joke-book wisdom to the front.”
Act One: The Circus. "He" is Victor.
Burning Bright (1950)
Mordeen on her love for Joe Saul in Act One: The Circus
Burning Bright (1950)
Friend Ed to Joe Saul in Act Three, Scene I: The Sea
Burning Bright (1950)
