Hello-out there!
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Hello-out there!, is a one act play by William Saroyan, written early in August 1941.
[edit] Plot
- The story takes place in a small Texas jail. Throughout most of the play, there are only two characters, Photo-Finish and Emily, both are only referred to by Saroyan as A Young Man and A Girl
[edit] Stage History
- The play was first performed at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara on 10th of September, as the curtain raiser to George Bernard Shaw's The Devil's Disciple. and after that has been performed in many languages around the world, where its two characters -despite their chronological differences- could have reflected themselves in different cultures successfully. They have lived through many actors playing them. Al Pacino playing Young Man as his first Broadway appearance on stage (directed by Charles Laughton, in 1963).
