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Charles Sebree

CHARLES SEBREE  

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

         Dry August, The         Mrs Patterson         My Mother Came Crying Most Pitifully

Dry August, The

Synopsis:
Young black girl, Teddy Hicks, dreams of running away to wealth and fame in Chicago and is Sffered help by the devil

Notes:
Adapted from three Act version written in 1949, My Mother Came Crying Most Pitifully

1st Produced:
-    1972

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

Music:
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Genre:
Fantasy! Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  2 BM, 4 BF, 5 WF

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Mrs Patterson

Mrs Patterson
Teddy, a young black girl, is tempted to run away from her rural shack to become like the rich white lady, Mrs. Patterson

Notes:
written by Charles Sebree And Greer Johnson

1st Produced:
National Theatre, New York    01 Dec 1954

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Best Plays of 1954-55, ed. by Louis Kronenberger, New York: Dodd, 1955   -

Music:
Original cast recording: RCA (LOC-1017) 1954

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Genre:
Musical Fantasy Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  3 BM, 5 BF, 4 WF

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My Mother Came Crying Most Pitifully

Synopsis:
. Confrontation in a park between two charac-ters, one representing the reality of the black man, the other, his dream

Notes:
the Dry August, by the same playwright, is A subsequent Adaptation of this play

1st Produced:
-    1949

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Three Act Fantasy! Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  3 BM, 5 BF, 5 WF

Further Reference:
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