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Archie Shepp

ARCHIE SHEPP

  (1937 - )
Nationality:    African American
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Archie Shepp's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Communist, The         Junebug Graduates Tonight         Revolution         Skulls
Communist, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Retitled "Junebug Graduates Tonight" as it was thought "the Communist" would alienate audiences

1st Produced:
Chelsea Theatre Center, New York    

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Music:
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Junebug Graduates Tonight

Synopsis:
A musical model in structure, com-plete with band, chorus, and scenic transitions that focus the message of a black youth's disillusionment in the blues changes of sharps or flats, the entire matrix giving expression to the kind of harsh lyricism of an oppressed reality of a young black man in America

Notes:
Original titled "the Communist" and it was thought that would alienate audiences

1st Produced:
Chelsea Theatre Center, New York     1967

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Black Drama Anthology, ed. by Woodie King, Jr. and Ron Mimer, New York: New Amer. Lib, 1972   

Music:
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Genre:
Ritual

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  2 BM, 4 BF, 2 WM, 1 WF

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Revolution

Synopsis:
A black man and woman through all metamorphoses of roles still find themselves up against an inhuman racist system

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1st Produced:
Brooklyn College, New York     1969

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Music:
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Genre:
Ritual One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  2 BM, 1 BF

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Skulls

Synopsis:
In 'De Vali" of the jungle of central Har-lem, the white Father missionary is slain by his former black mistress and the junkie slaves are thereby set free

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Genre:
Ritual/Farce with Music One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  5 BM, 3 BF, 1 WM

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