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3 unusual facts about The Green Pastures


Roark Bradford

Marc Connelly adapted Ol' Man Adam and his Chillun for the stage as The Green Pastures, which won a Pulitzer Prize.

The Green Pastures

Both productions starred William Warfield as "De Lawd", in the largest dramatic acting role he ever had on television.

The Green Pastures is a play written in 1930 by Marc Connelly adapted from Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun (1928), a collection of stories written by Roark Bradford.



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