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ARTHUR J GRAHAM
(1939 - )Nationality: African American
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Playwright, educator, and accountant. Born in Kingston, JamaicA. Became a U.S. citizen in 1963. educated at San Diego State Univ. (B.Sc. in accounting, 1967) and the Univ. of California at San Diego (Ph.D. in English and American literature, 1980). His doctoral dissertation, entitled "the Manichean Leitmotif," "deals with the ideology and psychology of racism in American fiction." also wrote the Captain and His Crew (children's story, 1972). Play copies available from Playwright.
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Daddy Was A Welfare Check Last Shine, The Nationals, TheDaddy Was A Welfare Check
Synopsis:
according to a review by Carlene Gayle, "a family once torn apart by welfare assistance, joined together to create a stable household without any type of government assistance - the final act ended on a somewhat happier note. "-the Voice News & Viewpoint (San Diego), Nov. 26, 1975.
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Developed At San Diego State Univ. experimental theatre
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Performed at Stage 7, 1941 Seventh ave., San Diego 1975
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Drama, 3 acts
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Synopsis:
Caught between the humiliation of an impersonal technology and the necessity of survival, an old "shine boy" learns some startling truths about his black identity, which truths are in opposition to his sycophantic and altruistic existence in a white world of make-believe intimacy, of nonreciprocal respect and admiration, and of ostensible financial security
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Inner City Reader's Theatre, Los Angeles 1976
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the Last Shine, San Diego: Black Book Production, 1969 -
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Drama One act
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Male: - Female: - Other: 2 BM, 6 WM
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Top of PageNationals, The
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In counterpoint to the arrogance of the white man's "errand into the wilderness-pimps, prostitutes, and winos turn revolutionaries within the historical and psychological setting of the Watts rebellion and establish a new order based upon cultural awareness and positive self-esteem
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("a Black Happening in Three Acts" [subtitle],
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the Nationals, San Diego: Black Book Production, 1968 -
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Genre:
Mythic Drama, 3 acts
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Male: - Female: - Other: 6 BM, 3 BF, 6 WM, 2 WF
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