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| | African American Registry: Playwright Alice Childress, addressed artistic optimism |
 | | There she wrote, directed, and starred in her first play, Florence (1949), a dramatic piece about a fl woman who, after meeting an insensitive white actress in a railway station, comes to respect her daughter's attempts to pursue an acting career. |
 | | Other Childress theatric offerings included Trouble in Mind (produced 1955, 1956 Obie award for best original Off-Broadway play; revised and published 1971)., Wedding Band (1966), String (1969), and Wine in the Wilderness (1969). |
 | | Among Childress' plays that feature music are Just a Little Simple (1950); based on Langston Hughes's Simple Speaks His Mind, Gold Through the (1952), The African Garden (1971), Gullah (1984); based on her 1977 play Sea Island Song, and Moms (1987); about the life of comedienne Jackie "Moms" Mabley. |
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