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"The Gambler, the Nun, and the Radio" is a short story byErnest Hemingway published in his 1933 collection of short storiesWinner Take Nothing.[1] The original title of the story was "Give Us a Prescription, Doctor". "The Gambler, the Nun, and the Radio" later appeared in Hemingway's 1961 short story collectionThe Snows of Kilimanjaro.
The story takes place in a hospital run by aconvent. The story focuses around aMexicangambler named Cayetano, who was shot in a small town inMontana, anun who aspires to be a saint and prays for everything or anything, and a writer named Mr. Frazer, who is ill, and constantly listens to the radio. To ease Cayetano's perceived loneliness, the nun asks the police "to send some Mexicans up to see poor Cayentano." The police send three Mexican musicians who are friends of the person who shot Cayetano. One of the three musicians tells Frazer: "Religion is the opium of the poor."[1] The musician then says that he has never tried opium because "It seems it is very bad. One commences and cannot stop. It is a vice." Frazer then asks if all people need an opium to keep them from suffering too much. The nun had prayer, the doctors had humor, Cayetano had gambling and now the music of the three, and Frazer had his radio.
The story was dramatized for television in a one-hour adaptation shown in 1960.[2] The television version starredEleanor Parker,Richard Conte, andCharles Bickford. It was co-directed byAlbert Marre, who directed the original stage production ofMan of La Mancha.[3]
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