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Charles Sebree

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Dry August, The

Mrs Patterson

My Mother Came Crying Most Pitifully

Charles Sebree Dry August, The

Company

Synopsis:

Young black girl, Teddy Hicks, dreams of running away to wealth and fame in Chicago and is Sffered help by the devil

First Produced

1972

First Published

1974 Black The-ater USA, ed. by James V. Hatch and Ted Shine, New York: Free Pr

Genre

One Act Fantasy! Drama

Parts

Male

Female

Other

2 BM, 4 BF, 5 WF

Notes

Adapted from three act version written in 1949, My Mother Came Crying Most Pitifully

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Charles Sebree Mrs Patterson

Company

Synopsis:

Teddy, a young black girl, is tempted to run away from her rural shack to become like the rich white lady, Mrs. Patterson

First Produced

1954 National Theatre, New York

First Published

1955 Best Plays of 1954-55, ed. by Louis Kronenberger, New York: Dodd

Genre

Musical Fantasy

Parts

Male

Female

Other

3 BM, 5 BF, 4 WF

Notes

written with Greer Johnson

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Charles Sebree My Mother Came Crying Most Pitifully

Company

Synopsis:

. Confrontation in a park between two charac-ters, one representing the reality of the black man, the other, his dream

First Produced

1949

First Published

Genre

Three Act Fantasy! Drama

Parts

Male

Female

Other

3 BM, 5 BF, 5 WF

Notes

The Dry August, by the same playwright, is a subsequent adaptation of this play

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