RICHARD WESLEY (1945 - )
| Nationality: | American |
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Plays by Richard Wesley
Ace Boon Coon |
| 1st Produced: | Black Arts/West, San Francisco, Calif | 1972 | ||
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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 | |||
| Genre: | drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 8 BM, 1 | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Explores the conflict that arises when one's political and social beliefs conflict with one's moral obligations. | ||||
Alicia |
| 1st Produced: | Waterford, Connecticut | 1973 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: aka Goin' Thru Changes | ||||
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Black Terror, The |
| 1st Produced: | WASTSA, Ira Aldridge Theatre, Washington, D.C | 1971 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Scripts, vol.1, no.2, Dec (also in "The New Lafayette Theatre Presents", Doubleday, New York, 1974) | 1971 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Political Melodrama | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 8 BM, 2 BF | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Explores the conflict between moderation and non-African oriented political ideologies in pursuit of the black man's freedom, justice, and equality | ||||
Butterfly |
| 1st Produced: | 1985 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Eight Ball |
| 1st Produced: | 1973 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Gettin' It Together |
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Black, New York | 1970 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY | 1979 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Domestic Drama. | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 1 BM, 1 BF | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Centers around the conflicts between a man and a woman who have dreams of love and a better life for themselves and the attempts of each to realize that goal | ||||
Goin' Thru Changes |
| 1st Produced: | 1973 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 2 BM, 3 BF | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Explores the social pressures that affect healthy relationships between men and women in black America. | ||||
Headline News |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1970 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Knock, Knock, Who Dat |
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Black, University of the Streets, New York | 1970 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Political Comedy | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: A bickering black family unites with gunfire when the police break down the door | ||||
Last Street Play, The |
| 1st Produced: | Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop, Urban Art Corps, New York | 1977 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 6 BM, 1 BF | |||
Notes: Revision of The Mighty Gents | ||||
Synopsis: Ten years have passed since the Gents ruled the Central Ward in Newark, and over the years the gang has stagnated. At thirty, the members have become a "surplus" people | ||||
Lets Do It Again |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1975 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Screenplay/Comedy/Satire | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Sequel to Uptown Saturday Night | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Mighty Gents, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1974 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY | 1979 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 6 BM | |||
Notes: aka The Last Street Play | ||||
Synopsis: Explores the refusal of men to deal with the reality that they can no longer live in the past | ||||
On the Road to Babylon |
| 1st Produced: | Milwaukee | 1980 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: concept by Brent Nicholson, music and lyrics by Peter Link | ||||
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Past Is the Past, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1973 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY | 1979 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 2 BM | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Explores the relationship between father and son and their need to understand one another and thereby change the direction of their lives | ||||
Put My Dignity on 307 |
| 1st Produced: | Howard University, Washington, D.C | 1967 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Drama/Satire | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Citation of Award, Samuel French National Playwriting Contest, 1965 | ||||
Synopsis: A black factory worker strives for middle class status and plays the numbers for the means to obtain it. | ||||
Sirens, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1974 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY | 1975 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 3 BM, 3 BF | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Explores male/female conflicts that sometimes result in lifelong damage | ||||
Springtime High |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1968 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: - | ||||
Street Corner, The |
| 1st Produced: | Black Arts/West, San Francisco, Calif | 1970 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Strike Heaven on the Face! |
| 1st Produced: | Phoenix Theatre Showcase, New York | 1973 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 2 BM, 2 BF, 2 WM | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Deals with the destructive effects of war on a black veteran returning to the negative effects of racism in America | ||||
Talented Tenth, The |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1989 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in Crosswinds - An Anthology of Black Dramatists in the Diaspora, published by Indiana University Press | 1993 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Uptown Saturday Night |
| 1st Produced: | Warner Bros | 1974 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Screenplay/Comedy/Satire | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Let's Do It Again is a sequel to this title | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||