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John O'Neal

JOHN O'NEAL

  (1940 - )
Nationality:    African American
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BA from Southern Illinois Univ in 1962. A real pioneer of the Civil Rights movement. Co-Founder of the Free Southern Theatre with Gilbert Moses in 1963

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below is a list of John O'Neal's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Ain't No Use In Going Home         Black Power, Green Power, Red In the Eye         Don't Start Me Talking Or I'll Tell You Everything I Know         Going Against the Tide         Hurricane Season         Jerusalem Gallows         Preacher Man! Preacher Man!         When the Opportunity Scratches, Itch It!         Where Is the Blood of Your Fathers         You Can't Judge a Book By Looking At the Cover

Ain't No Use In Going Home

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Black Power, Green Power, Red In the Eye

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A close look at the sorry situation that exists in the games played on black folk by some of the current crop of black politicians.

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Don't Start Me Talking Or I'll Tell You Everything I Know

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Sayings From the Life and Writings of Junebug Jabbo Jones

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Going Against the Tide

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the story of the conflict between a conservative housing project mother and her revolution-minded daughter. Suggested by but not adapt. from Black Cycle by MARTIE EVANS-CHARLES

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Free Southern Theatre, New Orleans, La    1974

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Hurricane Season

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Examination of the impact of the unprincipled use of computer technology on the life and family of a New Orleans black dock worker.

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Prod. by Buffalo theatre, Buffalo, NY, Winter 1974.

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Free Southern Theatre, New Orleans, La    1973

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Jerusalem Gallows

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the Nat Turner uprising

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Preacher Man! Preacher Man!

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When the Opportunity Scratches, Itch It!

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An indictment of opportunism among certain elements of the black bourgeoisie

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Free Southern Theatre, New Orleans, La    1974

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Where Is the Blood of Your Fathers

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An examination of the role that black people played in the pre-Civil War South. the question is: Did black folk sit idly by waiting for Massa Lincoln to set them free?

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Written by the FST Workshop. Edited by O'Neal And Ben Spillman. Prod. At Memphis State Univ., Winter 1974; And At Florida A. & M. Univ., Spring 1975

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Free Southern Theatre, New Orleans, La    1973

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Stage Documentary

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You Can't Judge a Book By Looking At the Cover

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Sayings From the Life and Writings of Junebug Jabbo Jones

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