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James Baldwin

JAMES BALDWIN  (1924 - 1987)

 Nationality:    African American
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Literary Agent:    agent: James Baldwin estate, 137 West 71st Street, New York, New York 10023


BaLDWIN, James (arthur). American. Born in New York City, 2 august 1924. educated at Public School 139, Harlem, New York, and De Witt Clinton High School, Bronx, New York, graduated 1942. Worked as hAndyman, dishwasher, waiter, and office boy in New York, and in defense work, Belle Meade, New Jersey, in early 1940's; full-time writer from 1943; lived in europe, mainly in Paris, 1948-56. Member, actors Studio, New York, National advisory Board of CORe (Congress on Racial equality), and National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy. Recipient: Saxton fellowship, 1945; Rosenwald fellowship, 1948; Guggenheim fellowship, 1954; American academy award, 1956; Ford fellowship, 1958; National Conference of Christians and Jews Brotherhood award, 1962; George Polk award, 1963; Foreign Drama Critics award, 1964; Martin Luther King, Jr., award (City University of New York), 1978. D.Litt.: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1963. Member, American academy, 1964. Died 30 November 1987.

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below is a list of James Baldwin's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Amen Corner, The         Blues For Mr Charlie         Deed For The King Of Spain, A         Giovanni's Room         One Day, When I Was Lost         Running Through Paradise

Amen Corner, The

Amen Corner, The
The censorious female pastor of a Harlem Church, her crumbling religious and domestic life.

Notes:
1st UK All black non-musical (1987)

1st Produced:
Howard University, Washington, D.C.    May 1954

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1st Published:
Dial Press, New York, 1968   -

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Genre:
Tragedy

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  9            Other:  extras

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Blues For Mr Charlie

Synopsis:
True story of USA white jury's acquittal of two white men for murder of black Chicagoan

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1st Produced:
aNTa Theatre, NYC    1964

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1st Published:
Dial Press, New York, 1964   -

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Genre:
Tragedy

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Male:  17            Female:  6            Other:  extras

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Deed For The King Of Spain, A

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1st Produced:
American Center for Stanislavski Theatre art, New York    1974

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Giovanni's Room

Synopsis:
Concerns a young white American's discovery of his latent homosexuality while living in France

Notes:
Based on his novel by the same title

1st Produced:
Actors Studio Workshop, NY    1965

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1st Published:
pub as novel only by Dial Press, New York, 1956   -

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Play/Drama

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One Day, When I Was Lost

Synopsis:
loosely based on the Emmett Till murder case in Mississippi

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1st Produced:
American National Theatre and Academy Theatre (ANTA)    Apr 1964

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1st Published:
Joseph, London, 1972   -

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Genre:
protest drama

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Running Through Paradise

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