The Meadow
Written byRay Bradbury[1]
Date premiered1960[2]
Original languageEnglish

The Meadow is a radio drama by Ray Bradbury,[3] written for a 1947 episode of the radio series World Security Workshop.[4] It was included in the anthology Best One-Act Plays of 1947-1948.[5] Bradbury later revised it into a short story (1953) and a stage play (1960).

Plot

The elderly security guard named Mr. Smith works at a movie studio. He fights to stop the producer, Mr. Douglass, from destroying the set. After Smith and Douglass have a conversation, Douglass is convinced to keep the set which are models of the cities of the world.

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References

  1. ^ William F. Nolan; Martin Harry Greenberg (15 December 1992). The Bradbury Chronicles: Stories in Honor of Ray Bradbury. Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-451-45195-8.
  2. ^ Philip A. Greasley (30 May 2001). Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume 1: The Authors. Indiana University Press. pp. 79–. ISBN 0-253-10841-1.
  3. ^ Jonathan R. Eller (10 August 2011). Becoming Ray Bradbury. University of Illinois Press. pp. 168–. ISBN 978-0-252-09335-7.
  4. ^ Ray Bradbury (2004). Conversations with Ray Bradbury. Univ. Press of Mississippi. pp. 28–. ISBN 978-1-57806-641-4.
  5. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1976: January-June. Copyright Office, Library of Congress. 1977. pp. 3183–.
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