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Plays of D. H. Lawrence
[edit]the Royal Court Theatre in London by Peter Gill in 1968 and revived at the National Theatre in London in 2015.[1]
In Splendid Error | |
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Written by | William B. Branch |
Date premiered | 1954 |
Place premiered | Greenwich Mews Theater, Off-Broadway, New York City |
Original language | English |
In Splendid Error
[edit]In Splendid Error was written by William B. Branch it was produced off-Broadway in 1954[2] and revived again in 1978.[3] by the New Federal Theatre[4]
The play dramatizes the discussions that Frederick Douglass and John Brown had as Brown tried to persuade Douglass to join him at Harpers Ferry.[5] It also dramatizes the attitudes of the North before the Civil ward and the Raid on Harpers Ferry which
Characters
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CHARACTERS:
Reverend Loguen – A Black man, “slight of frame and advanced in years”.
Joshua – a young Black man who recently escaped enslavement with three others.
- Anna Douglass – A 40 year old black woman the matriarch of the Douglass home.
- Lewis Douglass – Anna and Fredrick’s 17 year old son, tall.
- George Chatham – A white man business man “just past middle age”, and an abolitionist.
- Theodore Tilton – A white “small, wiry” man in his mid-40’s A newspaper publisher and editor.
- Frederick Douglass – 42, “a tall, broad, compelling figure of a man” with a beard.
- John Brown – A lean sinewy man of over 50 with flowing hair and a ragged beard.
- Annie Douglass – the 6-year-old daughter of Anna and Fredrick.
- Sheilds Green – A strong, stockily built Black man, formally enslaved.
- Colonel Hugh Forbes– A tall white man in his 30’s with a harried, hungry look in his eye.
- Frank Sanborn – A white abolitionist from Boston.
Plot Summery
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Billington, Michael (28 October 2015). "Husbands and Sons review – Anne-Marie Duff shines through violation of DH Lawrence". theguardian.com. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ Burgess, Michael. "LibGuides: John Brown: In Splendid Error". researchguides.plattsburgh.edu.
- ^ Shepard, Richard F. (20 December 1978). "Stage: 'In Splendid Error,' on Abolition". The New York Times.
- ^ "In Splendid Error (A Black Retrospective 2)". New Federal Theatre.
- ^ Douglass, Frederick (1882). Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, written by himself. Hartford, Connecticut: Park Publishing Co.
Address | New York City, New York United States |
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Type | Off-Broadway |