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The Sound of a Voice

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Iron Age Theatre's production of The Sound of a Voice

The Sound of a Voice is a 1983 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. Hwang's fifth play, it is an original ghost story inspired by Japanese folk stories and films. The play was first produced as part of the production Sound and Beauty on November 6, 1983 Off-Broadway at Joseph Papp's Public Theatre. It was directed by and featured John Lone. Composer Philip Glass and Hwang adapted it for the opera The Sound of a Voice in 2003.

It is published as part of Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays and Between Worlds by Theatre Communications Group and also in an acting edition published by Dramatists Play Service.