Editing The Pearl (novella) (section)

==Legacy==

=== Musical inspiration ===
[[Joshua Kadison]]'s 1995 song "[[Delilah Blue|The Pearl]]” is based on this story. Kino and Juana's names are changed to Zandro and Maya in this version.

[[Fleming and John]]'s 1999 song "[[The Way We Are (Fleming and John album)|The Pearl]]" is based on this story.

The American composer [[Andrew Boysen]]'s ''Concerto for Trombone and Wind Symphony'' (2004) was inspired by ''The Pearl''.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Concerto for Trombone and Wind Symphony |others= Nic Orovich, University of New Hampshire Wind Symphony |year=2008 |first=Andrew |last=Boysen Jr.|page=1 |type=Liner Notes |publisher=Harrison Digital Productions |location=Belchertown, MA |oclc=315826087}}</ref>

=== Adaptations ===
As he was writing the novella version, he was frequently travelling to Mexico where the [[La perla (film)|film version]],<ref name="SQuarterly">{{cite web |title=Steinbeck Quarterly 1989, Vol. 22, No. 01-02 |url=http://dmr.bsu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fsteinbeck&CISOPTR=1628&REC=59&CISOBOX=pearl |access-date=30 January 2013 |work=[[Ball State University]]}}</ref> co-written with [[Jack Wagner (screenwriter)|Jack Wagner]],<ref name="RailsbackMeyer2006" /> was being filmed. The film was also released by [[RKO]] in 1947 as a co-promotion with the book.<ref name="SQuarterly" />

In 2001, ''The Pearl'' was loosely adapted as a film directed by [[Alfredo Zacharias]], starring [[Lukas Haas]] and [[Richard Harris]], which was released directly to video in 2005.<ref name="RailsbackMeyer2006" />

In 1975, the novella was adapted into a play by [[Warren Frost]].<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED442167 |title=John Steinbeck: "The Pearl," Adapted by Warren Frost and Dramatized for the Kennedy Center by Nick Olcott. Cue Sheet for Students |last=Carr |first=John C. |date=1995 |publisher=John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts |language=en}}</ref>