LANGSTON HUGHES (1902 - 1967)
| Nationality: | American |
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Plays by Langston Hughes
Angelo Herndon Jones |
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Barrier, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1950 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: written by Langston Hughes and Jan Meyerowitz | ||||
Synopsis: a musical version of Hughes' Mulatto | ||||
Black Nativity |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1951 | ||
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Studio cast recording: Vee-jay (NVG2-501) | 1961 | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | Gospel Song Play | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: Music by Jobe Huntley; book by Langston Hughes | ||||
Synopsis: a colloquial retelling of the birth of Christ, rooted in the traditional music of the black church | ||||
Blood Weddiing |
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| 1st Published: | Theatre Communications Group, USA | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 11 |
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Notes: Original Playwright - Federico Garcia Lorca | ||||
Synopsis: Pre-eminent African-American poet Langston Hughes infused his version of Blood Wedding the story of an unwilling bride who elopes with her lover on her wedding night with the rhythmic intensity and linguistic beauty only a fellow poet could achieve. | ||||
Drums Of Haiti |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Gospel Glory, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1962 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | Passion Play | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Jerico-Jim-Crow |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1964 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | Song Play | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Just Around The Corner |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1951 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: written with B Drew and Abby Mann | ||||
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Mulatto |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Outshines The Sun |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Prodigal Son, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1965 | ||
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| 1st Published: | in Players Magazine, Vol 43 No 2 | 1968 | ||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
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Shakespeare In Harlem |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1959 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Notes: written with Robert Glenn | ||||
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Simple Takes A Wife |
| 1st Produced: | - | 195? | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | Negro Folk Comedy | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: The original dramatic version of the novel | ||||
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Simply Heavenly |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1957 | ||
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| 1st Published: | in Five Plays by Langston Hughes, Indiana University Press, Bloomington | 1968 | ||
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| Genre: | Black Musical | Musical | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 |
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Notes: music by David Martin | ||||
Synopsis: The time is the early fifties, the place Harlem and the plot, that of a factory worker who has found a girl he can love after a previous unhappy marriage but is suspected of infidelity with the local fancy woman | ||||
Soul Gone Home |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1959 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Published | 1937 | ||
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| Genre: | Fantasy, 15 min | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: A middle-aged woman mourns the death of her teenage son, who is laid out on a slab nearby awaiting the undertaker. "Oh my boy, speak to me!" she wails, and then she's surprised (not to say somewhat miffed) when he actually does. Especially because what's he got to say is all about what a lousy mother she was. Beverley makes it clear to us that the boy's not exactly lying, but she summons up all manner of righteousness to defend herself: "Sure, I could of let you die, but I didn't," she sniffles virtuously. "Naw, I kept you with me--off and on." | ||||
Soul Yesterday And Today |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1969 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Notes: written with Bob Teague | ||||
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Tambourines To Glory |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1963 | ||
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| 1st Published: | in Five Plays by Langston Hughes, Indiana University Press, Bloomington | 1968 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
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Notes: Music by Jobe Huntley; book by Langston Hughes | ||||
Synopsis: Tambourines to Glory is a spirited, tragic-comedy that follows the lives of Laura Reed and Essie Bell Johnson, who decide to start their own gospel church on a street corner in Harlem. Laura dreams of becoming rich and famous while Essie genuinely desires to serve the Lord and her community. When the Devil (not a symbol or metaphor, but Beelzebub himself!) enters the picture, the conflict intensifies between the two women, their community and their faith. As these powerful forces collide and the conflict between the characters spiral out of control, Laura and Essie fight to find their way back from the ravages of Hell | ||||
Trouble With The Angels |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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