Born March 5, Charles Henry Fuller was the playwright for the award winning play, A Soldier’s Play. Soldier’s Play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1982. That play was adapted to a movie, and Fuller was the screenwriter.
365 Black Books Angelina Weld Grimke Tuesday
Born February 25, Angelina Weld Grimke was a poet, playwright, and teacher. She is best known for her play, Rachel, which was performed in 1916 in Washington, DC. Some of her poems are included in several anthologies.
365 Black Books Play Saturday
Today’s post will feature a Detroit playwright: the late Ron Milner. His plays: What the Wine Sellers Buy, Checkmates, and Jazz Set were performed in several theaters in the U.S. I had the honor and pleasure of meeting him. He was intelligent, creative, politically and socially astute. I enjoyed watching his plays.
365 Black Books Theatrical Thursday
Today will focus on anthologies featuring African American Drama.
Book 1: Black Theater USA by James V. Hatch and Ted Shine
Book 2: Black Thunder An Anthology of Contemporary African American Drama edited by William B. Branch
Day 20 Woman of the Day: Pearl Cleage
Author and Playwright Pearl Cleage is Day 20 Woman of the Day. A prolific writer of several books and plays including “What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day”, “Flying West” and more. Read more about this multitalented writer below.
Website: http://www.pearlcleage.net/
NPR: http://www.npr.org/2014/05/01/308619983/playwright-pearl-cleage-opens-up
Black Past.org: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/cleage-pearl-1948
Youtube videos: AARP Black Community Bookclub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL-F6BrDFRg, reading from her memoir “Things I Should Have Told My Daugher”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnFkhlQJZHg
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