Colored People's Time
by Leslie Lee
Highlights
120 mins1950sReduced Casting (Doubling Possible)Bare Stage/Simple SetPeriod Costumes
Synopsis
Through a series of vignettes, Leslie Lee explores the history of Black Americans; from a group of slaves meeting in secret to discuss the Bible just before the Civil War, to a couple debating the Back-To-Africa movement during the Harlem Renaissance, to another couple resting their feet after marching in Montgomery.
Press Reviews
"The hero is not a character, but the black spirit for survival - its guts, humor and tenaciousness."
— The New York Times
Publication
Colored People's Time is a play written by Leslie Lee and published by Samuel French (1983).
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Samuel French · 1983 · 90 pp
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Fee:Minimum Fee: $110 per performance
Restrictions: Major Markets Plus (US) / Standard Plus Add'l Postcodes (UK)
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