Pearls Before Swine (musical)

Pearls Before Swine
Original cast recording
MusicChris Harriott
LyricsDennis Watkins
BookDennis Watkins
Premiere13 May 1986: Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney
Productions1986 Sydney/Melbourne
1988 Penrith

Pearls Before Swine is an Australian musical with book and lyrics by Dennis Watkins and music by Chris Harriott. Billed as "in the tradition of South Pacific and Apocalypse Now", it is a satirical take on Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War, suggesting that one of the world's worst cabaret entertainers, Lamont Cranston, was responsible for the My Lai Massacre.