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Mary Alice, Maidie Norman, Scatman Crothers, Richard Ward. Written by Phillip Hayes Dean, directed by Ivan Dixon for the Negro Ensemble Company, 1974
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Nov 14, 2016 · https://www.daaracarchive.org/2016/11/the-sty-of-blind-pig-1974-broadway.htmlSet in Chicago in the early nineteen‐sixties, the story focuses on the push‐pull...
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The Sty of the Blind PigOriginally produced in 1971 by the estimable Negro Ensemble Company, and hailed by Time Magazine as one of the best plays of the year...
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The Sty of the Blind Pig: Directed by Ivan Dixon. With Mary Alice, Scatman Crothers, Maidie Norman, Richard Ward. Originally produced in 1971 by the estimable Negro Ensemble Company, and hailed by Time Magazine as one of the best plays of the year, Dean's powerful drama is about an uprooted Africian American family (mother, daughter, uncle) living in Chicago.
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- Ivan Dixon
- 1974-05-29
Cast & Crew. Ivan Dixon. (Director), Mary Alice (Alberta Warren), Scatman Crothers (Doc), Maidie Norman (Weedy Warren), Richard Ward (Blind Jordan) Philip Hayes Dean’s powerful drama about an uprooted Black family living in Chicago while civil rights leaders organize marches in the South.
May 2, 2024 · Currently you are able to watch "The Sty of the Blind Pig" streaming on BroadwayHD. Synopsis Originally produced in 1971 by the estimable Negro Ensemble Company, and hailed by Time Magazine as one of the best plays of the year, Dean's powerful drama is about an uprooted Africian American family (mother, daughter, uncle) living in Chicago.
A letter signed by 56 notables including Alvin Ailey, Ossie Davis, Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Coretta Scott King, and Robeson’s son, Paul Jr, accused Dean of watering down Robeson's life and socialist politics, turning him into a "chocolate John Wayne," (Baldwin.) Sty of the Blind Pig offers four fascinating characters, all played by… more.
