doollee banner
The Playwrights Database
contact doollee


Vinnette Carroll

VINNETTE CARROLL

  (1922 - 2002)
Nationality:    African American
email:    n/a     Website:    n/a

Literary Agent:    n/a

Vinnette Justine Carroll (March 11, 1922  November 5, 2002) was an American playwright and actress, and the first African-American woman to direct on Broadway, with the 1972 musical Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope. Born Vinnette Justine Carroll in New York City, to Edgar Edgerton, a dentist, and Florence (Morris) Carroll. She and her family moved to Jamaica when she was three and she spent much of her childhood there as well as in the West Indies. She returned to New York, where she received a B.A. from Long Island University in 1944 and an M.A. from New York University in 1946. Carrolls father encouraged his daughters to become physicians, and as a compromise, she chose psychology. She later completed doctoral work in psychology at Columbia University and she worked as a clinical psychologist with the NYC Bureau of Child Guidance before pursuing acting. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnette_Justine_Carroll

Buy Plays with Doollee

Each page of doollee.com has links to play/book outlets, either directly to the Publisher, through Stageplays.com and Amazon to the second hand and 1st editions of AbeBooks. These links will automatically take you to the relevant area obviating the need for further search.
AbeBooks.co.uk   AbeBooks.com   Stageplays.com   amazon.com   amazon.co.uk   amazon.ca
whether you are a Playwright who wishes to make their entry definitive, an unlisted Playwright or a User with a tale to tell - we want to hear from you.
download WORD submission template

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

         All the King's Men         But Never Jam Today         Cope         Croesus And the Witch         Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope         Great Gettin' Up Mornings         I'm Laughin' But I Ain't Tickled         Love Power         Old Judge Mose Is Dead         Step Lively, Boy         Through the Looking Glass         Trumpets Of the Lord         Ups And Downs Of theophilus Maitland, The         What You Gonna' Name That Pretty Little Baby         When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate         Your Arms Too Short To Box With God

All the King's Men

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    May 1974

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

But Never Jam Today

Synopsis:
Based on Lewis Carroll's adventures ofalice in Wonder/and, interpreted as a black fantasy. Subtitled: Black alice.

Notes:
also produced as Alice, 1969

1st Produced:
Urban Arts Corps, New York, City Center    1969

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Musical Fable Musical One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large black

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Cope

Synopsis:
conceived by Carroll, utilises song and dance based on blues, gospel, jazz, rock, calypso and traditional ballad rythms to celebrate coping mechanisms of African Americans.

Notes:
written by Micki Grant And Vinnette Carroll

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Croesus And the Witch

Synopsis:
While on a hunt in the wilderness, Croesus and his two friends confront the devilish witch Hecuba, managing to outwit her and return home with prized deerskins

Notes:
written by Micki Grant And Vinnette Carroll

1st Produced:
Urban Arts Corps, New York    1971

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Musical Comedy Musical One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  chorus

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope

Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope
. a celebration of the present-day black experience

Notes:
written by Micki Grant And Vinnette Carroll

1st Produced:
Lincoln Center audi-torium, New York    1970

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York 1972   -

Music:
Original cast recording: Polydor (6013) 1972

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Two act Musical Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  B M & F

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Great Gettin' Up Mornings

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
based on God's Trombones

1st Produced:
-    1963

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

I'm Laughin' But I Ain't Tickled

Synopsis:
Contains a number of poems from a Rock against the Wind, an anthology edited by Lindsay Patterson

Notes:
written by Micki Grant And Vinnette Carroll

1st Produced:
Urban Arts Corps, New York    1976

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Musical Revue

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Love Power

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written by Micki Grant And Vinnette Carroll

1st Produced:
-    1974

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Old Judge Mose Is Dead

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written by Micki Grant And Vinnette Carroll

1st Produced:
Urban Arts Corps, New York    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Step Lively, Boy

Synopsis:
Based on Irwin Shaw's Bury the Dead. a statement about the horror, futility, and absurdity of war

Notes:
written by Micki Grant And Vinnette Carroll

1st Produced:
Urban Arts Corps, New York    1973

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Musical Drama Musical One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  Large Cast

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Through the Looking Glass

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written by Micki Grant And Vinnette Carroll

1st Produced:
-    1969

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Trumpets Of the Lord

Synopsis:
Contains poems of James Weldon Johnson's in the form of sermons and traditional Negro spirituals and gospel music

Notes:
Based on the book "God's Trombones" by James Weldon Johnson

1st Produced:
Astor Place Playhouse, New York    1963

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  6 BM, 5 BF

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Ups And Downs Of theophilus Maitland, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written by Micki Grant And Vinnette Carroll

1st Produced:
Urban Arts Corps, New York    1975

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Musical Comedy Musical One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  5 BM, 5 BF, chorus

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

What You Gonna' Name That Pretty Little Baby

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    1979

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Based on the poetry of Langston Hughes, Paul Lawrence Dunbar And lindamichellebaron

1st Produced:
-    1979

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Your Arms Too Short To Box With God

Your Arms Too Short To Box With God
the story of Christ as conceived from the "Book of Matthew."

Notes:
Music And lyrics by Alex Bradford; Additional music by Micki Grant.

1st Produced:
Spoleto Festival, Italy    1975

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original Broadway cast recording: ABC (AB-1004) 1976

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Gospel Music Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  21 singers and dancers

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page