ADRIENNE KENNEDY (1931 - )
| Nationality: | American |
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Plays by Adrienne Kennedy
Beast's Story, A |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1965 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Cities in Bezique", French, New York | 1969 | ||
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| Genre: | symbolic drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 4 characters | |||
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Synopsis: Dead baby is born to black woman raped by black man and then again by her father. | ||||
Black Children's Day |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1980 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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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Boats |
| 1st Produced: | Los Angeles | 1969 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Cities In Bezique |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1969 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | 1969 | ||
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| Genre: | Two 1 Act Plays | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: The Owl's Answer & A Beast Story | ||||
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Dramatic Circle, The |
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| 1st Published: | in "Moon Marked and Touched By the Sun", Hern, London | - | ||
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Evening With Dead Essex, An |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1973 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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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Film Club, The |
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| 1st Published: | University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis | 1992 | ||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: The Alexander Plays | ||||
Synopsis: a lyrical monologue delivered by Suzanne (during her husband's imprisonment in Ghana in 1961) recounting the activities of a film club that has been organized to view Bette Davis's movies. With action shifting between Legon and London, Kennedy explores the power of popular culture, the movies in particular, and Bette Davis most specifically. | ||||
Funnyhouse Of A Negro |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1964 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | 1969 | ||
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| Genre: | symbolic drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | chorus | |||
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Synopsis: The white fixations of an educated black girl lead to guilt and identity problems | ||||
June And Jean In Concert |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
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| 1st Published: | in The Adrienne Kennedy Reader intro by Werner Sollors, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press | 2001 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Lancashire Lad, A |
| 1st Produced: | Albany, New York | 1980 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | Childrens | Youth Audience | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Lennon Play, The: In His Own Write |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1967 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Cape, London | 1968 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: written with John Lennon and Victor Spinetti, book by Lennon | ||||
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Lesson In Dead Language, A |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1968 | ||
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| 1st Published: | in "Collision Course", Random House, New York | 1968 | ||
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| Genre: | Theatre of the absurd | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 10 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: Non-sequiters prevail as a class of girls are taught by a white dog. | ||||
Mom, How Did You Meet The Beatles? |
| 1st Produced: | Public Theater, NY | 2008 | ||
| Company: | LAB Series | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Written by Adrienne and Adam P Kennedy | ||||
Synopsis: about Adrienne Kennedy's search for fame and fortune in 1960s London, where she encountered Laurence Olivier, James Baldwin, Ricki Huston, various British writers and, of course, The Beatles. - nytheatre.com | ||||
Motherhood |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
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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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Movie Star Has To Star In Black And White, A |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1976 | ||
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| 1st Published: | in "Wordplays 3". Performing Arts Journal Publications, New York | 1984 | ||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | 5 females, 5 males; Running time: 35-45 mins | |||
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Synopsis: A young black writer embarks on a voyage through her life: her parent's marriage, her brother's accident, her romance, then marriage and its subsequent collapse. The voyage takes place within three movies that dominate her mind; Now Voyager, Viva Zapata, | ||||
Ohio State Murders |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
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| 1st Published: | University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis | 1993 | ||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 6 performers | |||
Notes: The Alexander Plays | ||||
Synopsis: Suzanne has returned to lecture at Ohio State University, her alma mater. Presented in a series of flashbacks that recall her student days in Columbus, the play is a shocking portrayal of a young African-American woman's struggles in the racially charged America of the late 1940s and early 1950s. The narrative structure melds past and present, allowing various repressions to be articulated on stage. | ||||
Orestes And Electra |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1980 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "In One Act", University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis | 1988 | ||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Owl Answers, The |
| 1st Produced: | Westport, Connecticut | 1965 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Cities in Bezique", French, New York | 1969 | ||
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| Genre: | symbolic drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: music | ||||
Synopsis: Race, identity, colour and lineage form the backdrop to this piece. | ||||
Rat's Mass, A |
| 1st Produced: | Rome | 1966 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "New Black Playwrights", Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge | 1968 | ||
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| Genre: | Theatre of the absurd | One Act | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
Notes: see entry for Cecil Taylor | ||||
Synopsis: Comment on the absurdities of the catholic religion in the confusion of today. | ||||
She Talks To Beethoven |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis | 1994 | ||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: The Alexander Plays | ||||
Synopsis: Suzanne's attempts to write about and speak with Beethoven are continuously punctuated by radio broadcasts about her husband who is missing under mysterious circumstances. Mediated throughout by snatches of Ghanaian string music juxtaposed against strains of Beethoven's Fidelio, the drama exists within a displacement of time and space, fluctuating between Vienna, Austria, in 1803 (Eurocentric space), and Legon, Ghana, in 1961 (colonized African-American space). | ||||
Sleep Deprivation Chamber |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1996 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Theatre Communications Group, New York | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | doubling, flexible cast | |||
Notes: Contains Motherhood 2000. Written by Adrienne and Adam P Kennedy | ||||
Synopsis: Brutal beating of young black man by American police | ||||
Sun |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1969 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Scripts 1", New York, London | 1971 | ||
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| Genre: | Monologue | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: A Poem For Malcolm X Inspired By His Murder showing a man being shattered and whirled in cosmic forms. | ||||