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Countee Porter Cullen

COUNTEE PORTER CULLEN  (1903 - 1946)

 Nationality:    African American
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below is a list of Countee Porter Cullen's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 By-Word For Evil         Conjur Man Dies, The         Medea In Africa         One Way To Heaven         St Louis Woman         Third Fourth Of July, The

By-Word For Evil

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modern adaptation of the tragedy of Euripides

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Atlanta University    Mar 1940

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Conjur Man Dies, The

Synopsis:
superstition, voodoo, socery and harlem come into play when a conjure man is murdered.

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dramatisation of Rudolph Fishes' novel

1st Produced:
Arena playhouse at the lafayette Theatre, NY    Mar 1936

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3 act farce mystery

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Medea In Africa

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Fisk University Stagecrafters, Nashville, TN    1944

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One Way To Heaven

Synopsis:
the importance of the black church in harlem is exemplified through the relationship of a devout woman and her athiest husband.

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based on his novel

1st Produced:
Hedgerow Theatre in Moylan-Rose valley, PA    Sep 1936

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St Louis Woman

St Louis Woman
St Louis 1898. augie a jockey is having a very successful run of wins. He is in love with Della. Della is trying to end an abusive relationship with bar owner Biglow Brown. at the bar augie demonstrates the cakewalk and attracts Della's attention. Lilla is also there - she is Brown's ex-lover and is still very much in love with her. Della and augie plan to get married. Whilst augie is away racing Brown visits Della and beats her up. Lilla has followed him - then augie returns. Lilla shoots Brown but Brown thinks that augie did it and with his dying breath curses him. the curse seems to work augie stops winning races and Della decides to move away convinced that it is all her fault. When augie discovers why she is leaving he determines to win the next race and prove the curse wrong

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Music by Harold Arlen; lyrics by Johnny Mercer (added later); book by Arna Bontemps; Countee Cullen. (Martin Beck theater, New York, Mar. 1946)

1st Produced:
Gilpin Players, Karamu Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio    Nov 1933

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Black theater, ed. by Lindsay Patterson, New York: Dodd, 1971   -

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Original cast recording: angel (64662) 1946

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Musical

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Third Fourth Of July, The

Synopsis:
Black and white families are brought together during World War II after the death of a son.

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written by Countee Cullen and Owen Dodson

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Genre:
one act symbolic drama

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