CHINA CLARK   (1952 - )


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   Nationality:
African-USA/Irish
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Plays by China Clark

CHINA CLARK
Bessie Smith Speaks
1st Produced:
Abrons Arts Center
1994
Company:
Woody King's New Federal Theater
1st Published:
Black Voices/Applause Books/New York City
1996
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Genre:
Drama/music
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Parts:
Male
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Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: A one-woman show about the famous black blues singer Bessie Smith: her life, her music, and her struggle to be realized as a black woman in the racially oppressive American south. Family loyalty, love, bi-sexuality, the brutality of the music business for a black in the 1920Õs, and overcoming are some of the major issues. Bessie tackles these issues with the background of her genius blues.
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CHINA CLARK
Chinese Screen, The
1st Produced:
1976
Company:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis:
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CHINA CLARK
Hearts and Souls Bar, The
1st Produced:
Theater zum westilichen Stadthirschen, Berlin, Germany
2000
Company:
Black and Blue Visions
1st Published:
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
3
Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: Three men meet in a bar during a snowstorm in New York. One Irish, One Englishmen, and One African-American form an emotional bond, as they wait for the snow to subside. It is soon revealed that they are all waiting to contact their special women (the loves of their lives). Turns out, they are all waiting for the same woman.
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CHINA CLARK
In Sorrow's Room
1st Produced:
African Total Theatre, NYC
1975
Company:
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1st Published:
Era Pub Co, NY
1976
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Genre:
Domestic Drama
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
3
Female
4
Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: Deals with the independence of a young beautiful black woman. Sorrow has left her domineering mother to find herself. She is pursued constantly by men who seem interested only in her body and not her art or ideas
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CHINA CLARK
Madwoman's Room, The
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1st Published:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis:
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CHINA CLARK
Neffie
1st Produced:
Urban Arts Theatre, NYC
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Company:
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1st Published:
Era Pub Co, NY
1976
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Genre:
Mythic Fantasy
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Parts:
Male
7
Female
5
Parts Other:
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Notes: reading Frank Silvera Writer's Workshop, Ny, 1975
Synopsis: A tale of undying love. Music-dance-fantasy
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CHINA CLARK
Perfection In Black
1st Produced:
1971
Company:
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1st Published:
Scrippte vol 1 no 7 May 1972
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: concerns black woman's conflicts with black man/white woman
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CHINA CLARK
Sabian, The
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis:
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CHINA CLARK
Sugar Brown - Divine & May
1st Produced:
Berlin, Germany
1997
Company:
Friends of the Italian Opera
1st Published:
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Genre:
Drama/poetry
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Parts:
Male
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Female
2
Parts Other:
Unseen male voice
Notes: -
Synopsis: Sugar and May meet in a metaphorical Prison. Sugar is educated, beautiful, cultured, and wise; May, on the other hand, is street-wise, uncultured, and insecure about her looks. Nevertheless, the women find that they have a similar America experience.
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CHINA CLARK
Why God Hates Rev Chandler
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Company:
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1st Published:
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis:
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CHINA CLARK
Willow Lottery, The
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis:
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