Short Eyes (play)

Short Eyes is a 1974 drama written by playwright Miguel Piñero. The play premiered off-Broadway at the Joseph Papp Public Theater on 28 February 1974, and transferred after 54 performances to the Vivian Beaumont Theater on Broadway on 23 May 1974. Short Eyes, prison slang for a child molester, was written for a prisoners' writing workshop during Pinero's incarceration for armed robbery.

Short Eyes (play)

Short Eyes is a 1974 drama written by playwright Miguel Piñero. The play premiered off-Broadway at the Joseph Papp Public Theater on 28 February 1974, and transferred after 54 performances to the Vivian Beaumont Theater on Broadway on 23 May 1974. Short Eyes, prison slang for a child molester, was written for a prisoners' writing workshop during Pinero's incarceration for armed robbery.