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Ralf

RALF "MESHACK" COLEMAN  (1898 - 1976)

 Nationality:    African American
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Ralf Meshack Coleman, "Dean of Boston's Black Theatre" and the first black director of WPA Theater Project (1935-1939)

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below is a list of Ralf "Meshack" Coleman's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Girl From Back Home, The         Paradox         Swing Song

Girl From Back Home, The

Synopsis:
about a mistress of a Harlem racketeer who escapes from that lifestyle.

Notes:
aka The Girl Frm Bam

1st Produced:
-    1929

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Genre:
one act drama

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Paradox

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1st Produced:
Barn in Boston    1930

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Genre:
one act drama

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Swing Song

Synopsis:
set in the Deep South and centering on the pregnancy of a white woman by a black man who is threatened by a lynch mob.

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1st Produced:
Fedral Theatre of Boston    c1938

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Genre:
one act protest melodrama

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