The White Problem
Jon Tuttle
The Talented Tenth
by Richard Wesley
Synopsis
THE STORY: THE TALENTED TENTH spans the life and career of Bernard Evans, a successful African American radio executive whose midlife crisis has reached critical mass.
A civil rights activist and Howard University graduate, Bernard settled into a comfortable life and reaped the benefits of a successful professional career, enjoying a state of prosperity and power.
But something is missing, and Bernard is determined to reclaim the part of his life he feels he has lost.
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"Wesley makes a compelling statement about the guilts, doubts and compromises of those African Americans who have escaped the soul-deadening grind of economic marginalism and achieved—at least ostensibly—the American dream.…Wesley’s dialogue is epigrammatically brilliant, his drama far-ranging and moving, his themes universal."
— Los Angeles Times
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The Talented Tenth is a play written by Richard Wesley and published by Dramatists Play Service .
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