A play was adapted from The Ponder Heart, which ran on Broadway from February 16, 1956, to June 23, 1956.[7] Portraying Edna Earle Ponder, Una Merkel won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance,[8] while Ben Edwards was nominated for a Tony Award for scenic design.[9] The Public Broadcasting Service also adapted the novella to a television film directed by Martha Coolidge as a part of the Masterpiece series in October 2001.[10] The Ponder Heart was also adapted as an opera by Alice Parker, which premiered in Jackson, Mississippi in 1982.[11]
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