The Great White Hope
by Howard Sackler

The Great White Hope

Synopsis

Tragic Drama / Characters: 8 male, 3 female, extras w/doublingWinner of Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award!"A great part a tragic hero, cheated, degraded, and at last brutally beaten.

Mr. Sackler has used his hero, a figure based on the first Black heavyweight champion of the world, Jack Johnson (played by James Earl Jones), as a symbol in part of Black aspiration...Has an epic scope and range...It picks up the Johnson story soon after the Australian day in 1908 when Johnson whipped Tommy B

Publication

Publisher
Samuel French
Year Published
1968
ISBN 10
0573609608
ISBN 13
9780573609602
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
136 pages
Language
English
LCC
PS3537.A156 G7 1968b
Print
The Great White Hope is a American play written by and published by Samuel French in 1968. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780573609602 and an ISBN-10 of 0573609608.

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