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Archie Shepp

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Communist, The

Junebug Graduates Tonight

Revolution

Skulls

Archie Shepp Communist, The

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First Produced

1965-66 season Chelsea Theatre Center, New York

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Female

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Archie Shepp Junebug Graduates Tonight

Company

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A musical model in structure, com-plete with band, chorus, and scenic transitions that focus the message of a black youth's disillusionment in the blues changes of sharps or flats, the entire matrix giving expression to the kind of harsh lyricism of an oppressed reality of a young black man in America

First Produced

1967 Chelsea Theatre Center, New York

First Published

1972 Black Drama Anthology, ed. by Woodie King, Jr. and Ron Mimer, New York: New Amer. Lib

Genre

Ritual

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Male

Female

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2 BM, 4 BF, 2 WM, 1 WF

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Archie Shepp Revolution

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A black man and woman through all metamorphoses of roles still find themselves up against an inhuman racist system

First Produced

1969 Brooklyn College, New York

First Published

Genre

One Act Ritual

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Female

Other

2 BM, 1 BF

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Archie Shepp Skulls

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In 'De Vali" of the jungle of central Har-lem, the white father missionary is slain by his former black mistress and the junkie slaves are thereby set free

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First Published

Genre

One Act Ritual/Farce with Music

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Male

Female

Other

5 BM, 3 BF, 1 WM

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