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AMIRI BARAKA (1934 - ) |
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Nationality: African-American Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc |
In 1934 Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) was born in the industrial city of Newark, New Jersey. After attending Howard University in Washington, D. C., he served in the United States Air Force. In the late fifties he settled in New Yorks Greenwich Village where he was a central figure of that bohemian scene. He became nationally prominent in 1964, with the New York production of his Obie Award-winning play, Dutchman. After the death of Malcolm X he became a Black Nationalist, moving first to Harlem and then back home to Newark. In the mid-1970s, abandoning Cultural Nationalist, he became a Third World Marxist-Leninist. In 1999, after teaching for twenty years in the Department of Africana Studies at SUNY-Stony Brook, he retired. However, in retirement he is as active and productive as an artist and intellectual as he has ever been in his career. Currently he lives with his wife, the poet Amina Baraka, in Newark.
Adapted from the biography in The LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader. Copyright © 1991 by William J. Harris
Plays by Amiri Baraka
8th Ditch, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Bowery Theatre, NYC | 1964 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | first in "Floating Bear" then in "The System of Dante's Hell", Grove, New York, 1965 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1809 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | aka Dante | |||||
Synopsis: | Set in a US Army Camp, 1947, a valueless inhuman melee reflects the morass of inner conflict, when the self behaves with lack of good counsel. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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America More Or Less | ||
| 1st Produced: | San Francisco | 1976 | ||||
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 | #1810 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Chin and Silko, music Greco, lyrics Weinstein | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Arm Yourself And Harm Yourself | ||
| 1st Produced: | Spirit House, Newark, NJ | 1967 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Jihad Productions, Newark, NJ, 1967 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1811 | |||
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Genre: | Street Theatre Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | cops | |||||
Notes: | aka Arm Yrself or Harm Yrself | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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At The Dim'crackr Convention | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1980 | ||||
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 | #1812 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Baptism, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | WPA Theatre, New York City | 1964 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "The Best Plays of 1963-64" Dodd, Mead, 1964 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1814 | |||
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Genre: | Ritual Morality Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | chorus of women | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The black church is shown as a hypocritical institution, in which a homosexual is the only person capable of acknowledging his perversion. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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BA-RA-KA | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1972 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Spontaneous Combustion" Winter House, 1972 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1815 | |||
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Genre: | Ritual One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | aka Resurrection Of Life | |||||
Synopsis: | Genesis of playwright and of his black race | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Black Mass, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Proctor's Theatre, Newark, NJ | 1966 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Four Black Revolutionary Plays" Bobbs-Merrill, 1969 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1816 | |||
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Genre: | Ritual One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 1 BFast | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | An evil white beast is accidentally created by a black magician. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Black Power Chant | ||
| 1st Produced: | Newark, NJ | 1968 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Black Theatre, no 4", 1971 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1817 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Bloodrites | ||
| 1st Produced: | Newark, NJ | 1970 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Black Drama" Signet, New York, 1971 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1818 | |||
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Genre: | Ritual One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 10-14 mixed cast | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Subjugation by the white devils is overcome by blacks as they retain their physical and cultural diversity. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Board Of Education | ||
| 1st Produced: | Spirit House, Newark, NJ | 1968 | ||||
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 | #1819 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Boy And Tarzan Appear In A Clearing | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1981 | ||||
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 | #1820 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Present day African leaders as corrupt and greedy having learned from white colonists. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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BP Chant | ||
| 1st Produced: | Newark, NJ | 1968 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Black Theatre, no 5", 1971 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1813 | |||
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Genre: | Agit Prop Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Columbia The Gem Of The Ocean | ||
| 1st Produced: | Spirit House, Newark, NJ | 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 | #1821 | |||
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Genre: | Mime Play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | background of slide projections | |||||
Synopsis: | Effort to free black minds from the evils of Euro-Americanism and to build a Black solidarity | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Coronation Of The Black Queen, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1970 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Black Scholar, 1, 8, 1970 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1822 | |||
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Genre: | Ritual | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A piece modelled after African ceremonies | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dante | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1961 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | first in "Floating Bear" then in "The System of Dante's Hell", Grove, New York, 1965 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1823 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | aka The Eight Ditch | |||||
Synopsis: | Set in a US Army Camp, 1947, a valueless inhuman melee reflects the morass of inner conflict, when the self behaves with lack of good counsel. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Death Of Malcom X | ||
| 1st Produced: | Spirit House, Newark, NJ | 1969 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "New Plays from the Black Theatre" Bantam, Ny, 1969 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1824 | |||
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Genre: | Historical Ritual One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 21-26 mixed cast | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The murder of Malcolm X by white conspirators is explored. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dutchman | ||
| 1st Produced: | Playwrights Unit, NYC | 1964 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | (with The Slave) Morrow, New York, 1964 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1825 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Set inside an underground train violent verbal confrontation evolves between white woman and black bourgeois intellectual who she eventually stabs. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Election Machine Warehouse, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Simon & Schuster, NY, 1997 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1826 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Experimental Death Unit 1 | ||
| 1st Produced: | St. Mark's Playhouse, NYC | 1965 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | first in "East Side Review" then in "Four Black Revolutionary Plays" Bobbs-Merrill, 1969 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1827 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The penalty for two white men caught with a black prostitute is death at the hand of two black soldiers | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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General Hag's Skeezag | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Black Thunder New York. New York, Mentor, 1992 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1828 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Good Girl Is Hard To Find, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Montclair, New Jersey | 1958 | ||||
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 | #1829 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Possibly produced at Sterlington House, Bloomfield, New Jersey (advertised in Yugen) | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Great Goodness Of Life: A Coon Show | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tambellini's Gate, NYC | 1967 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Four Black Revolutionary Plays" Bobbs-Merrill, 1969 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1830 | |||
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Genre: | Ritual One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Black father's attempts to redeem himself for allegedly contributing to his son's death. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Home On The Range | ||
| 1st Produced: | Newark, NJ, NYC | 1968 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Drama Review, 12, 4 (summer), NY, 1968 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1831 | |||
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Genre: | Absurd Comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A collage of satire on white America that ends with the blacks surviving the apocalypse | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Insurrection | ||
| 1st Produced: | Newark, NJ | 1968 | ||||
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 | #1832 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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J-E-L-L-O | ||
| 1st Produced: | Black Arts Group, NYC | 1965 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Third World Press, Chicago, 1970 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1833 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy Drama Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Celebrates the birth of the Black Race | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Junkies Are Full Of (SHHH ) | ||
| 1st Produced: | Newark, NJ | 1970 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Black Drama" Signet, New York, 1971 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1834 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Black nationalists kill white drug pushers and overdose their black informer in example to the rest of the community. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Madheart: A Morality Play | ||
| 1st Produced: | San Francisco, CA | 1967 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Black Fire", Morrow, New York, 1968 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1835 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Black man and four women renounce their patterns of life which have been conducted under white mores. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Money: A Jazz Opera | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1982 | ||||
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 | #1836 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with George Gruntz | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Motion Of History, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York Theatre Ensemble, NYC | 1977 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "The Motion of History and other Plays", Morrow, New York, 1978 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1837 | |||
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Genre: | Epic | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | Large Cast | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Epic portrayal of racial conflict and social injustice throughout American history | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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New Ark's A Moverin | ||
| 1st Produced: | Newark | 1974 | ||||
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 | #1838 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Police | ||
| 1st Produced: | NYC | 1968 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Drama Review, 12, 4, 1968 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1839 | |||
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Genre: | Ritual One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | extras, cops | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Black community wants an end to the black-and-white, police-killing-black-people cycle. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Primitive World | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1984 | ||||
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 | #1840 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | music by David Murray | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Recent Killing, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | 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 | #1841 | |||
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Genre: | 3 Act Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 17 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | About evolution and the development of airman Pearson from poet to activist. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Revolt Of The Moonflowers | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 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 | #1842 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Non extant | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Rockgroup | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Cricket, December, 1969 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1843 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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S-1 | ||
| 1st Produced: | Afro-American Studio, NYC | 1976 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "The Motion of History and other Plays", Morrow, New York, 1978 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1844 | |||
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Genre: | Didactic drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | Large Cast | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A constitutional amendment to restrict civil rights unites various left-wing groups in their opposition | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sidnee Poet Heroical, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1975 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Reed, New York, 1979 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1845 | |||
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Genre: | Satirical comedy Satire | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | Large Cast | |||||
Notes: | includes film clips, speaking chorus and music. aka If In Danger Of Suit, The Kid Poet Heroical | |||||
Synopsis: | Black nationalist play based on the life and times of the actor Sidney Poitier | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Slave Ship | ||
| 1st Produced: | Newark, NJ, NYC | 1969 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Jihad Productions, Newark, NJ, 1967 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1846 | |||
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Genre: | Historical Pageant | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | extras, dancers, musicians | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Dramatic pageant on the horrors of slavery. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Slave, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | St. Mark's Playhouse, NYC | 1964 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | (with Dutchman) Morrow, New York, 1964 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1847 | |||
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Genre: | 2 Act Fable Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Black revolutionary seeks vengeance on white former wife and her new professor husband to the background of a race riot. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Toilet, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | St. Mark's Playhouse, NYC | 1964 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Grove Press, New York, 1967 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1848 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | In a high school toilet a tapestry of festering bigotry comes to the boil, as bullies attack boy. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Vomit & The Jungle Bunnies | ||
| 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 | #1849 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
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Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Weimar 2 | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1981 | ||||
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 | #1850 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
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Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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What Was The Relationship Of The Lone Ranger To The Means Of Production? | ||
| 1st Produced: | Nyoma Poet's Theater; Ladies Fort, NYC | 1979 | ||||
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 | #1851 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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