An edition of Blues For Mister Charlie: A Play (1964)

Blues for Mister Charlie

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An edition of Blues For Mister Charlie: A Play (1964)

Blues for Mister Charlie

a play.

by

  • ★★★★ ★ 4.5 (4 ratings) ·
  • 96 Want to read
  • 4 Currently reading
  • 3 Have read

In a small Southern town, a white man murders a black man, then throws his body in the weeds. With this act of violence--which is loosely based on the notorious 1955 killing of Emmett Till--James Baldwin launches an unsparing and at times agonizing probe of the wounds of race. For where once a white storekeeper could have shot a "boy" like Richard Henry with impunity, times have changed. And centuries of brutality and fear, patronage and contempt, are about to erupt in a moment of truth as devastating as a shotgun blast.

In his award-winning play, Baldwin turns a murder and its aftermath into an inquest in which even the most well-intentioned whites are implicated--and in which even a killer receives his share of compassion.

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Dial Press
Language
English
Pages
121

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Subjects

American drama, Drama, African Americans, Racism, American drama (dramatic works by one author), Fiction, Theater programs, Specimens, Habimah

People

James Baldwin (1924-1987)

Places

United States, Israel

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Cover of: Blues for Mister Charlie
Blues for Mister Charlie: A Play
1995, Vintage International
in English - 1st Vintage International ed.
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Blues for mister charlie: a play
1964, Delacorte
in English
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Cover of: Blues for Mister Charlie
Blues for Mister Charlie
1964, Dell Pub.
in English
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Cover of: Blues for Mister Charlie
Blues for Mister Charlie: a drama in three acts
1964, French
in English
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Cover of: Blues for Mister Charlie
Blues for Mister Charlie: a play.
1964, Dial Press
in English
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Dewey Decimal Class
812.54
Library of Congress
PS3552.A45 B5

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 121 p.
Number of pages
121

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OL5913159M
Internet Archive
bluesformisterc00bald
LCCN
64015223
OCLC/WorldCat
275577
Library Thing
233701

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