Home
by Samm-art Williams

Broadway
Home Book Cover
Home Cover

Highlights

120 mins 1970s Role(s) for Black Actor(s) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes American

Awards & Recognition

Drama Desk Award Tony Award

Nominee: Two 1980 Tony Awards, including Best Play Nominee: Two 1980 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding New Play

Synopsis

THE STORY: The action begins on the small farm in South Carolina that Cephus Miles, an orphan, has inherited from his family.

Young and strong, he is content to work the land--until his childhood sweetheart rejects him and goes off to college.

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Press Reviews

"One of the happiest theatrical events of the season… Home is a play from the heart, about the heartline of America – a play that all theatregoers should embrace."

— The New York Times

"Williams can write naturally enough to charm the birds off the trees, and this is a great and lasting gift."

— New York Post

"Home is warm, funny and fully alive, and undisputedly where the heart is."

— New York Daily News

Characters

Character
Woman 1 / Pattie Mae Welles
Woman 2
Cephus Miles

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Home on Broadway – Roundabout Theatre Co. Highlights

Publication

Year 1980
Binding Paperback
Pages 65
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822205272
ISBN-10 0822205270

Home is a American play written by Samm-art Williams and published by Dramatists Play Service (1980).

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