What is J.B. (play)?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox play | name = J.B. | image = | image_size = | caption = | writer = [[Archibald MacLeish]] | characters = Mr. Zuss<br/>Nickles<br/>J.B.<br/>Sarah<br/> David<br/>Jonathan<br/>Mary <br/>Ruth<br/>Rebecca<br/>First Messenger<br/> Second Messenger<br/>Girl<br/>Jolly<br/>Bildad <br/>Zophar<br/> Eliphaz<br/>Mrs. Adams<br/>Mrs. Murphy<br/>Mrs. Lesure<br/>Mrs. Botticelli<br/>A Distant Voice | setting = A stage inside an enormous circus tent | premiere = December 11, 1958 | place = [[ANTA Playhouse]]<br/>[[New York City]] | orig_lang = [[English language|English]] | subject = A retelling of the [[Book of Job]] | genre = Drama }} '''''J.B.''''' is a 1958 play written in [[free verse]] by American playwright and poet [[Archibald MacLeish]], and is a modern version of the story of biblical figure [[Job (biblical figure)|Job]]. The play won the 1959 [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/archibald-macleish-1|title=The 1959 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Drama|website=The Pulitzer Prizes}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{lit-stub}} [[Category:Pulitzer Prize winners]] [[Category:American plays]] [[Category:1950s plays]] [[Category:1958 works]]