THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON/VERN SNEIDER 1951 TABBED

Winner of the 1954 Pulitzer Prize and the 1953-1954 Critics Circle Award. The play opened at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York City on October 15, 1953. Basis for the 1956 MGM movie, starring Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Eddie Albert, Michiko Kyo, and Henry Morgan. NOT SURE WHO DID THE EXTENSIVE NOTATIONS, BUT THEY BEGIN AS FOLLOWS: This afternoon I'm going to bring you a shrewd little phantasy (misspelled) about the Americans in the uncomfortable role of a conqueror. "The Teahouse of the August Moon" is Vern Sneider's first novel, and it tells in a hilarious way of the problems of the army of occupation in Okinawa.............