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Thomas Pawley

THOMAS PAWLEY

  
Nationality:    African American
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Thomas Pawley's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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

         Crispus Attucks         FFV         Freedom in My Soul         Jedgement Day         Messiah         Rise Up Shepherd         Smokey         Tumult and the Shouting, The
Crispus Attucks

Synopsis:
An ex-slave becomes involved in a protest against the British presence in America and loses his li

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1st Produced:
-     1948

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Genre:
Historical Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  4 BM, 1 BF, 13 WM, 1 WF, extras

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FFV

Synopsis:
the young son of a color-conscious, near-white Negro family precipitates a crisis by deciding to marry a dark skinned Negro girl

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1st Produced:
-     1963

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Genre:
Domestic Historical Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  2 BM, 5 BF

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Freedom in My Soul

Synopsis:
A group of black hotel employees de-cides to strike against the white management

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1st Produced:
-     1939

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Genre:
Protest Play One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  13 BM, 1 WM, extras

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Jedgement Day

Synopsis:
A backsliding churchgoer reforms after a nightmarish dream about the final judgment

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1st Published:
Negro Caravan, ed. by Sterling Brown et at., New York: Dryden Pr, 1941   

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Genre:
Comedy One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  7 BM, 2 BF

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Messiah

Synopsis:
Nat Turner, a mystic and slave, leads an abortive rebellion against white slave owners in Southampton, Virginia

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1st Produced:
-     1948

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Genre:
8 Scenes Historical Drama One Act

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Rise Up Shepherd

Synopsis:
An old alcoholic upsets his relatives in a middle class black family

Notes:
Subtitled: Zebedee

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Genre:
Domestic Farce

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  5 BM, 2 BF, extras

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Smokey

Synopsis:
A black farmhand, who is about to be taken from a jail and lynched, sacrifices himself so his buddy can escape

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1st Produced:
-     1939

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Genre:
Protest MeloDrama One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  2 BM, 4 WM

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Tumult and the Shouting, The

Synopsis:
A black college pro-fessor loses his struggle against the system

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1st Produced:
Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Mo     1969

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1st Published:
Black theater USA, ed. by James V. Hatch and Ted Shine, New York: Free Pr, 1974   

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Genre:
Historical Domestic Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  9 BM, 4 BF, 1 WM, 1 WF, extra

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