Pearl (radio play)
Pearl is a 1978 radio play by award-winning English playwright John Arden. Set in England in the 1640s, the play concerns a young Irish political operative named Pearl, who, with playwright Tom Backhouse, attempts to sway the political climate in favour of the British Parliament, as part of a plan to achieve Irish sovereignty.Production
Pearl was produced and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 3 July 1978, with the following cast:
The play won a Giles Cooper Award in 1978, and is considered one of the finest examples of the medium.Publication
Hardcover and Paperback editions were published by Eyre Methuen in 1979.
