Short Eyes (play)
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Short Eyes is a 1974 drama written by playwright Miguel Piñero. The play premiered at the Theater of the Riverside Church,[1] was then produced off-Broadway at the Joseph Papp Public Theater on February 28, 1974, and transferred after 54 performances to the Vivian Beaumont Theater on Broadway on May 23, 1974. Short Eyes, prison slang for a child molester, was written for a prisoners' writing workshop during Piñero's incarceration for armed robbery.
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Short Eyes | |
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Written by | Miguel Piñero |
Date premiered | February 28, 1974 |
Place premiered | Joseph Papp Public Theater New York City |
Original language | English |
Subject | Convicts in a prison |
Genre | Drama |
Setting | A dayroom in a detention centre |
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