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LANGSTON HUGHES (1902 - 1967) |
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Nationality: African-American Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Harold Ober Associates |
A leader of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes produced more than sixty books of poetry, fiction and essays, as well as Broadway Plays
Plays by Langston Hughes
Angelo Herndon Jones | ||
| 1st Produced: | Gilpin Players, Karamu Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio | May 1936 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #17434 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Barrier, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Broadhurst Theatre, New York | 02 Nov 1950 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #17435 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Jan Meverowitz; lyrics and book by Langston Hughes | |||||
Synopsis: | a musical version of Hughes' Mulatto | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Black Nativity | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1951 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Company | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0871291929 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #17436 | |||
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Genre: | Gospel Song Play Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Jobe Huntley; book by Langston Hughes | |||||
| a colloquial retelling of the birth of Christ, rooted in the traditional music of the black church | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Blood Weddiing | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Theatre Communications Group, USA, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #17437 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 11 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Federico Garcia Lorca | |||||
Synopsis: | Pre-eminent African-American poet Langston Hughes infused his version of Blood Wedding the story of an unwilling bride who elopes with her lover on her wedding night with the rhythmic intensity and linguistic beauty only a fellow poet could achieve. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Cavalcade of the Negro Theatre | ||
| 1st Produced: | Written for the Negro Exposition, Chicago, Ill | Summer 1940 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #135631 | |||
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Genre: | Historical Pageant 21 scenes | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | written by Bontemps, Arna, And Langston Hughes | |||||
Synopsis: | The Negro in the theatre from The Octoroon, by Dion Boucicault, to 1940s Chicago jazz and gospel singing | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Drums Of Haiti | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #17438 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Gospel Glory, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1962 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #17439 | |||
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Genre: | Passion Play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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Jerico-Jim-Crow | ||
| 1st Produced: | Sanctuary Theatre, New York | 05 Jan 1964 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Folkways (FL-9671) 1964 | doollee no | #17440 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music and lyrics by various writers; book by William Hairston; Langston Hughes | |||||
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Just Around The Corner | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1951 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #17441 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with B Drew and Abby Mann | |||||
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Langston in Harlem | ||
| 1st Produced: | 15 Apr 2010 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #113358 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Lyrics by langston Hughrs; adapted by Langston Hughes, Walter Marks and Kent Gash | |||||
Synopsis: | Langston in Harlem is a new musical about one of America's most honored poets, Langston Hughes. Set in the African American cultural capital of Harlem from the Harlem Renaissance through the Civil Rights movement, Langston in Harlem tells the story of Langston Hughes's journey into manhood and his emergence as one of the most beloved and forward thinking artists of our time. This musical is filled with jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, swing, dance, and spoken word that sings, jumps, stomps and shouts. Langston Hughes's glorious words and poetry of love, loss, joy and the blues and the people of Harlem who inspired him, come to life. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Limitations Of Life | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Black Theater USA: Forty-five Plays By Black Americans 1847 - 1974 published by Free Press 1974 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #135976 | |||
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Genre: | Parody | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Parody of the film "Imitation Of Life" | |||||
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Little Ham | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Black Theater USA: Forty-five Plays By Black Americans 1847 - 1974 published by Free Press 1974 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #135977 | |||
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Mother and Child | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Black Drama Anthology" published by Columbia University Press | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #136566 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Mulatto | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #17442 | |||
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Outshines The Sun | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #17443 | |||
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Prodigal Son, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1965 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Players Magazine, Vol 43 No 2, 1968 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #17444 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Shakespeare In Harlem | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York | 1959 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #17445 | |||
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Genre: | Verse play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Langston Hughes | |||||
Synopsis: | Various inhabitants of Harlem. A student worries about communicating with his white tutor, An abandoned man convinces himself that he is happier alone. A madame recalls her misfortunes | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Simple Takes A Wife | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #17446 | |||
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Genre: | Negro Folk Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The original dramatic version of the novel | |||||
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Simply Heavenly | ||
| 1st Produced: | Playhouse Theatre, New York | 20 Aug 1957 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Five Plays by Langston Hughes, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1968 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Columbia (OL-5240) 1957 | doollee no | #17447 | |||
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Genre: | Black Musical Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | music by David Martin | |||||
| The time is the early fifties, the place Harlem and the plot, that of a factory worker who has found a girl he can love after a previous unhappy marriage but is suspected of infidelity with the local fancy woman | |||||
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Soul Gone Home | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1959 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Published, 1937 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #17448 | |||
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Genre: | Fantasy, 15 min One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | A middle-aged woman mourns the death of her teenage son, who is laid out on a slab nearby awaiting the undertaker. "Oh my boy, speak to me!" she wails, and then she's surprised (not to say somewhat miffed) when he actually does. Especially because what's he got to say is all about what a lousy mother she was. Beverley makes it clear to us that the boy's not exactly lying, but she summons up all manner of righteousness to defend herself: "Sure, I could of let you die, but I didn't," she sniffles virtuously. "Naw, I kept you with me--off and on." | |||||
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Soul Yesterday And Today | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1969 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #17449 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | written with Bob Teague | |||||
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Street Scene | ||
| 1st Produced: | Adelphi Theater, New York | 09 Jan 1947 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: CBS (MK-44668) 1949 | doollee no | #88096 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | large cast | |||||
Notes: | Musical By Kurt Weill, Lyrics Langston Hughes, Book Elmer Rice | |||||
| The tenants at a Manhattan tenement block. Anna who is having an affair with the milkman Sankey. Her daughter Rose who is being pursued by her slimy boss. The Buchanans who are expecting a baby at any moment. The Hildebrand family about to be evicted for non payment of rent | |||||
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Tambourines To Glory | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1963 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Five Plays by Langston Hughes, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1968 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #17450 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Music by Jobe Huntley; book by Langston Hughes | |||||
Synopsis: | Tambourines to Glory is a spirited, tragic-comedy that follows the lives of Laura Reed and Essie Bell Johnson, who decide to start their own gospel church on a street corner in Harlem. Laura dreams of becoming rich and famous while Essie genuinely desires to serve the Lord and her community. When the Devil (not a symbol or metaphor, but Beelzebub himself!) enters the picture, the conflict intensifies between the two women, their community and their faith. As these powerful forces collide and the conflict between the characters spiral out of control, Laura and Essie fight to find their way back from the ravages of Hell | |||||
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Trouble With The Angels | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #17451 | |||
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When the Jack Hollers | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #135632 | |||
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Genre: | 3 act Folk Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 8 BM, 7 BF, 5 WM | |||||
Notes: | written by Bontemps, Arna, And Langston Hughes | |||||
Synopsis: | Black and white sharecroppers in Mississippi delta both suffer from a merciless landowner until Aunt Billie's voodoo, an amazing mule, and a fish fry unite the races against the exploiter. | |||||
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