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Jesse J Hodges

JESSE J HODGES  

 Nationality:    USA
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Playwright, poet, short story writer and teacher.

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below is a list of Jesse J Hodges's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Away From Home         Courtship, The         Equal Time         Heartshift         Never Enough

Away From Home

Synopsis:
about a "down home" black man in his mid-fifties who has recently moved to the city. He is prejudiced against intellectuals and whites on all levels. Because of his biased behavior, he loses his wife and daughter.

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1st Produced:
7/11 Theatre Unlimited at California State Univ., Los Angeles    1980

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Genre:
2 acts Comedy

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Courtship, The

Synopsis:
about two young, interracial lovers. the black female is from a family of higher education and wealth; the white male is from a poverty-stricken home where he is being raised only by his mother. the parents of the black girl do not want their daughter to marry any man from such an environment and threaten to disinherit her.

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1st Produced:
-    1983

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Genre:
Romantic Comedy, 2acts Comedy

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Equal Time

Synopsis:
Deals with two wives competing with the television for their husbands' attention.

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1st Produced:
-    1964

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Genre:
Comedy One act

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Heartshift

Synopsis:
Focuses primarily on a neurotic, incestuous father, whose objective is to keep his daughter Yolanda in bondage for his sexual pleasure. Yolanda fights desperately to overcome her father's outrageous demands

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1st Produced:
TOBa West Theatre in Pasadena    1983

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Genre:
Drama, 2 acts

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Never Enough

Synopsis:
about an egotistical male who has absolutely no respect for women, but gives an excellent impression that he does right up to the end of the play, when he is found out.

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1st Produced:
-    1984

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Genre:
Serious

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