The Ugliest Pilgrim
| "The Ugliest Pilgrim" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Doris Betts | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Red Clay Reader |
| Media type | Short story |
| Publication date | 1969 |
"The Ugliest Pilgrim" is a southern gothic short story by American writer Doris Betts. It was first published in the Red Clay Reader, an annual magazine focusing on the work of southern authors and artists.[1]
Plot synopsis
[edit]The story follows Violet Karl a disfigured woman in her late twenties who travels by bus from her home in Spruce Pine, North Carolina to Tulsa, Oklahoma in the hopes of being healed by a televangelist.
Adaptations
[edit]The first adaption of "The Ugliest Pilgrim" was a 1981 film titled Violet. The short film was directed by Shelley Levinson and starring Didi Conn. It won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film in 1982. [2]
A musical adaption "The Ugliest Pilgrim" also titled Violet was made with music by Jeanine Tesori and libretto by Brian Crawley. The musical premiered Off-Broadway in 1997 and won the Drama Critics' Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award as Best Musical.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Thomas, Helen (March 6, 2014). "Doris Betts, a Greyhound Bus, and an Academy Award". Southern Sources. UNC Chapel Hill Library.
- ^ Levinson, Shelley, Violet (Short), Didi Conn, Patrick Dollaghan, Rodney Saulsberry, Thomas McGowan, American Film Institute (AFI), The Center for Advanced Film Studies, retrieved 2021-01-13
- ^ "Violet". Music Theatre International. 2015-09-16. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
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