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Plays by Countee Cullen |
St Louis Woman | ||
| 1st Produced: | Gilpin Players, Karamu Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio | Nov 1933 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Black Theater, ed. by Lindsay Patterson, New York: Dodd, 1971 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Angel (64662) 1946 | doollee no | #132783 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 22 BM, 7 BF, extras | |||||
Notes: | Music by Harold Arlen; lyrics by Johnny Mercer (added later); book by Arna Bontemps; Countee Cullen. (Martin Beck Theater, New York, Mar. 1946) | |||||
| St Louis 1898. Augie a jockey is having a very successful run of wins. He is in love with Della. Della is trying to end an abusive relationship with bar owner Biglow Brown. At the bar Augie demonstrates the cakewalk and attracts Della's attention. Lilla is also there - she is Brown's ex-lover and is still very much in love with her. Della and Augie plan to get married. Whilst Augie is away racing Brown visits Della and beats her up. Lilla has followed him - then Augie returns. Lilla shoots Brown but Brown thinks that Augie did it and with his dying breath curses him. The curse seems to work Augie stops winning races and Della decides to move away convinced that it is all her fault. When Augie discovers why she is leaving he determines to win the next race and prove the curse wrong | |||||
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