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Sam Greenlee

SAM GREENLEE  (1930 - )

 Nationality:    USA
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Novelist, short-story writer, poet, playwright, and self-styled "professional propagandist" for black people. Born in Chicago, H. Educated at the Univ. of Wisconsin (B.S. in political science, 1952); the Univ. of Chicago (graduate studies in political science and international relations, 1954-57); and the Univ. of Thessaloniki (Greek history and language). Served as an officer in the U.S. army Infantry, 1952-54. Worked as a foreign service officer with the U.S. Information agency (USIa), 1957- 65; resigned to devote full time to writing. author of three books: The Spook Who Sat by the Door (a novel, 1969; also adapted as a play and a film); Blues for an african Princess (poetry, 1971); and Bagdad Blues (a novel, 1973). His short stories have been published in Black World/Negro Digest and anthologized in Ten Times Black (Mayfield, 1970), Black Short Story anthology (King, 1972), and We Be Word Sorcerers (Sanchez, 1973). Recipient of numerous awards, including a meritorious service award, USIa, and a Book of the Year award by the British Press, 1969.

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

 Blues For Little Prez         Spook Who Sat By The Door, The

Blues For Little Prez

Synopsis:
about the life and tragic drug-related death of a Chicago jazz musician, Little Prez

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1st Produced:
Public reading by the Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop (FSWW), at the Martinique Theatre, New Yor    1976

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1st Published:
Unpub. script possibly in the FSWW archives/Schomburg Collection.,    -

Music:
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Genre:
Musical Play 3 acts Play with Music

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Spook Who Sat By The Door, The

Synopsis:
about a black revolution which begins on the South Side of Chicago. as described by the author, it is "a study of the revolutionary character in general; and the farcical nature of racial integration in the U.S. in particular. "-Black-stage, Dec. 1973, p. 8.

Notes:
adapted by Sam Greenland And Melvin Clay from Greenlle's novel of the same title. Also prod. As A feature film, full length: screenplay, 1973

1st Produced:
Louis Theatre, Chicago    1969

Organisations:
Southside Center for the Performing arts

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Music:
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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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