The Old Glory
1st edition | |
| Author | Robert Lowell |
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| Cover artist | Frank Parker |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Drama |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus, and Giroux |
Publication date | 1965 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Preceded by | For the Union Dead |
| Followed by | Near the Ocean |
The Old Glory is a play written by the American poet Robert Lowell that was first performed in 1964. It consists of three pieces that were meant to be performed together as a trilogy. The first two pieces, "Endecott and the Red Cross" and "My Kinsman, Major Molineux" were stage adaptations of short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and the third piece, "Benito Cereno," was a stage adaptation of the novella by Herman Melville.