GORDON R WATKINS (1931 - )
| Nationality: | American |
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Plays by Gordon R Watkins
Ballad Of Santa's Happy Helpers |
| 1st Produced: | Orange, NJ (ESAA) | - | ||
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| 1st Published: | auth manuscript | - | ||
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Cages |
| 1st Produced: | NYC; Willmington, DE | - | ||
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| 1st Published: | auth manuscript | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: The major action takes place in a New York bar where unsuspecting patrons are manipulated and sometimes forced to become go-go dancers by an ominous bartender, The play deals with the external and internal barriers that are used to separate us, so that we are easily controlled and frustrated in our attempts to bring about positive change. The forceful articulation of minority dreams and frustrations is punctuated by the sensitive presentation of the burdens of loneliness and desperation so many of us bear. The play suggests that we must learn true compassion to change the society.. | ||||
Caught In The Middle |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1969 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Breakthrough Press, New York | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: score with Mitchell-Ruff duo | ||||
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Dora |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1978 | ||
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| 1st Published: | auth manuscript | - | ||
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End Of The Line, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1994 | ||
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| 1st Published: | auth manuscript | - | ||
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How Do You Do? |
| 1st Produced: | San Francisco Drama Circle, San Francisco, CA | 1965 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Illuminations Press, Mill Valley, California | 1965 | ||
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| Genre: | Musical Score | Musical | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
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Notes: Play by Ed Bullins | ||||
Synopsis: Poses image of false black stereotypes as seen through white eyes. | ||||
I Love Harlem |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1968 | ||
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| 1st Published: | auth manuscript | - | ||
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| Genre: | Poetic Film Script | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Lion Roams The Street, A |
| 1st Produced: | Burlington, VT; NYC; Newark NJ | 1971 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Breakthrough Press, New York | 1971 | ||
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| Genre: | Choral Verse Drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 1 bm, 1bf, 1wm, 1wf, extras | |||
Notes: score with Dwike Mitchell Jr | ||||
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Man In The Middle |
| 1st Produced: | Hunter Playwrights' Workshop; Little Theatre, West Side YMCA, NYC | - | ||
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| 1st Published: | auth manuscript | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 15 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
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Synopsis: William "Bear" Walker, ex-gang member, returns to his old neighborhood as a welfare investigator. He is attacked by the local gang, sold out by his old friend, rejected by the people he wants to help - and undercut by the establishment he represents. As Walker fights to combat the decaying conditions of the ghetto and the indifference of the authorities to them, he turns from peaceful methods to protest and is finally forced to violence | ||||
Sacrifice, The |
| 1st Produced: | NYC | 1977 | ||
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| 1st Published: | auth manuscript | - | ||
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Sojourner Truth |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
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| 1st Published: | auth manuscript | - | ||
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| Genre: | Poetic Drama | - | Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 9 |
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Synopsis: About 1797 in New York State, a black child was born into the Immeasurable indignities and hardships of American slavery. Desperate and frightened, she sought consolation in personal dialogues with God throughout her early life. One morning after a conversation with her God, the slave called lsabelle started on a journey for her people and became Sojourner Truth, legendary pioneer in the fight for the abolition of slavery, women's rights, humane labor practices and prison reform | ||||
Son, Come Home, A |
| 1st Produced: | 1968 | |||
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| 1st Published: | in "Five Plays", Bobbs Merrill, Indianapolis | 1969 | ||
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| Genre: | Musical Score | Musical | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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Notes: Play by Ed Bullins | ||||
Synopsis: Impoverished and superstitious mother is visited by black poet son. | ||||
Tinkerman To The Promised Land |
| 1st Produced: | NYC; Washington DC; Newark, NJ | 1966 | ||
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| 1st Published: | auth manuscript | - | ||
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| Genre: | Musical drama | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: score with Elain Jones, Serge Suny and Dwike Mitchell Jr | ||||
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Tom Gideon & Friends |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
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| 1st Published: | auth manuscript | - | ||
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Too Late |
| 1st Produced: | The Toussaint Group Inc, NY; Cliffside Park, NY; Orange, NJ (ESAA) | 1975 | ||
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| 1st Published: | auth manuscript | - | ||
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