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Freeman
by Phillip Hayes Dean

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Highlights

5

Small Cast

2

Female

3

Male

120 minsInterior SetAmerican

Synopsis

THE STORY: Freeman Aquila is a young black man, son of an industrious foundry worker and a practical nurse, who is trapped not so much by the color of his skin as by the complexities of his nature.

Spurning the conventional routes to possible succ

ThemesAmericanDrama

Press Reviews

"This perceptive, moving and ultimately shattering play offers arresting new insights into the Black Experience in America. “This is a fascinating play, and confirms that Mr. Dean is a black playwright of far more than usual interest. He has fire."

— The New York Times

"…honest and compassionate…unmistakably the work of a genuine playwright…"

— New York Daily News

Publication

PublisherDramatists Play Service
Year1998
BindingPaperback
Pages72
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780822204220
ISBN-100822204223

Freeman is a American play written by Phillip Hayes Dean and published by Dramatists Play Service (1998).

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Dramatists Play Service · 1998 · 72 pp

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