An awkward millhand, Jackson Fentry falls in love with a pregnant woman, Sarah Eubanks, and marries her.
The cast included Richard Boone as Jackson Fentry, Kim Stanley as Sarah Eubanks, Chill Wills as Mr. Pruitt, Beulah Bondi as Mrs. Hulie (a midwife), Charles Bickford as Pa Fentry, Arthur Hunnicutt as a circuit-riding preacher, and Elizabeth Patterson as Mrs.
[1] In The New York Times, John P. Shanley wrote that the production was written in "the plain talk of untutored, uncomplicated persons" and was executed with "warm, genuine and poignant" performances by Stanley and Boone.
[2] Dwight Newton of The San Francisco Examiner wrote that the production "brilliantly and effectively essayed" Faulkner's story.
He praised the "superb" supporting cast, including Bondi, Patterson, and Wills, as one of the strongest in Playhouse 90 history.