A Lesson Before Dying

Romulus Linney(Dramatists Play Service)

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AmericanYouth TheatreHistoricalHistorical and CostumeBlack History

Small Cast (7)Female (2)Male (5)

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Synopsis

THE STORY: Jefferson, an innocent young man, is condemned to death in backwoods Louisiana in 1948.

At the trial his lawyer, trying to save his life, called him no more a human being than a hog.

In prison, he acts like one, insisting that he will be

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