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LOUIS RIVERS |
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Plays by Louis Rivers |
Black English | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1974 | ||||
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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 | #29670 | |||
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Genre: | Domestic Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | The time-1974 in New York City. When the main character, a college student who's having trouble passing an English examination, experiences a temporary setback in his ability to make love to the chairman of the English department, he begins to evaluate his life as a black man and attempts to change it | |||||
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Black Pictures | ||
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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 | #29671 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Monologues and dialogues portraying different black characters. No setting, the time is the present, and the monologues are classified as follows: Cast: "In the House" 6 M, 9 F; "On the Porch" 2 M, 3 F; "On the Public Bus" 3M, 2 F; "In the Barber Shop" 3M, 2 F; "In the Beauty Salon" 2 M, 3 F; "In the Bar" 3 M, 2 F; "On the Street Corner" 3 M, 2 F; "In the Church" 2 M, 3 F | |||||
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Bouquet for Lorraine | ||
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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 | #29672 | |||
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Genre: | Morality Play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 3 BM, 5 BF | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The time is the present, and the place is a small city in Georgia. The play is concerned with the black struggle between classes in their concepts, values, roles, and sexes | |||||
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Case of Peppermint Gum, A | ||
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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 | #29673 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 1 BM, 1 BF, 4 WM, 1 WF | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Set in a small city in Georgia. An ego struggle between a black woman and a white man. She is the maid in a five-and-dime store; he is the manager | |||||
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Crabs In The Bucket | ||
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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 | #29674 | |||
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Genre: | Domestic play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 5 BM, 2 BF,.1 WM | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Struggles of a woman in a Southern city | |||||
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Ghosts | ||
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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 | #29675 | |||
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Genre: | Historical Fantasy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 4 BM, 4 BF, 1 WM, 1 WF | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | . The action takes place in New Orleans in the "dirty" 1 930s, in a run-down brothel, where the girls are a bit too brassy and the house madam, on the wrong side of forty, has a much too young "loverboy." | |||||
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Madam Odum | ||
| 1st Produced: | NHT, New York | 1973 | ||||
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 | #29676 | |||
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Genre: | Domestic Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 4 BM, 5 BF | |||||
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Synopsis: | The interactions take place on the campus of a small southern black college in the late 1960s. It is concerned with the resis-tance of a female college professor and musical prima donna, Madam Odum, who is being forced to retire | |||||
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Mr Randolph | ||
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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 | #29677 | |||
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Genre: | Domestic Drama Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 6 BM, 8 BF | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Problem of a black man who gets caught up in a struggle for power, and it almost destroys him | |||||
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Nights Passage into Purple Passion | ||
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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 | #29678 | |||
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Genre: | Domestic Mythic One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 5 BM, 6 BF, dancer, chorus | |||||
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Synopsis: | The play takes place in 1969 on a southern black college campus and concerns the revolts of students and a faculty committee trying to deal with the situation | |||||
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Pictures for Jimmy Jr | ||
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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 | #29679 | |||
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Genre: | Domestic play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 9 BM, 6 BF, 1 WM, 1 WF | |||||
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Synopsis: | Problems of a young, black rural southern couple who recently married and moved to Harlem in the 1 930s to improve their lot. They, however, have a baby, Jimmy Jr., before they are ready, and as a result their situation worsens | |||||
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Piece of Land, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | American Theatre Company, New York | 1974 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "An Introduction To Modern One Act Plays" published by National Textbook 1991 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29680 | |||
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Genre: | Domestic play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 2 black females (1 minor role), 5 black males, 1 white male. | |||||
Notes: | Music by Benn Carter | |||||
Synopsis: | The play takes place on a small farm in South Carolina during 1934. The heroine, who is terminally ill, is determined to help her husband hold on to a piece of land much longer than the present circumstances might allow | |||||
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Scabs, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Published script, HBA, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29681 | |||
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Genre: | Domestic play One Act | |||||
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Parts other: | 10 BM, 3 BF, 7 WM, musicians | |||||
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Synopsis: | The struggle in Harlem in 1934 between white waiters and a group of unemployed black musicians who agree to scab the jobs of the white waiters, who are out on strike | |||||
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Seeking | ||
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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 | #29682 | |||
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Genre: | Domestic Tragedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 4 BM, 7 BF, 1 WM | |||||
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Synopsis: | Problems of a black religious woman struggling to re-unite her family, torn apart by politics, war, and alcoholism | |||||
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Solomon and Sheba | ||
| 1st Produced: | Harlem Opera Society, Harlem Cultural Council, New York | 1973 | ||||
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 | #29683 | |||
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Genre: | Jazz Opera | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 2 BM, 5 BF | |||||
Notes: | written with Ed Taylor | |||||
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Spiritual Rock Incident at Christmas Time | ||
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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 | #29684 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Ritual Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 5 BM, 8 BF | |||||
Notes: | Music by Benn Carter | |||||
Synopsis: | The play tests both the faith of those who say they do and don't believe in the divine conception of Jesus. While the play is most meaningful at Christmas time, it is a musical that will have significance at anytime | |||||
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Witnesses | ||
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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 | #29685 | |||
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Genre: | Drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 4 BM, 3 BF, 1 WM | |||||
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Synopsis: | The time of the play is 1949, and the focus is on the problem of a black college professor who tries to convince other colleagues to remain loyal to a white professor who is being called before a legislative investigating committee to account for his loyalty to his country | |||||
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