Decent Birth, Happy Funeral
by William Saroyan
Synopsis
Two enlisted men cross paths then continue on to their respective destinies.
Ernest goes to war and meets death so that others may live.
August takes a wife and is blessed with a child, born on the day of Ernest's death and, keeping his promise to the dead man, conducts a celebratory funeral.
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Decent Birth, Happy Funeral is a comedy play written by William Saroyan and published by Samuel French (1955).
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Samuel French · 1955
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