 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (March 2010) |
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| Author | James Baldwin |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Play |
| Publisher | The Dial Press |
Publication date | 1954 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 144 |
The Amen Corner is a three-act play by James Baldwin. It was Baldwin's first work for the stage following the success of his novel Go Tell It on the Mountain. The drama was first published in 1954, and inspired a short-lived 1983 Broadway musical adaptation with the slightly truncated title, Amen Corner.[1] Anton Philips' production of The Amen Corner at The Tricycle Theatre in 1987 was the first black-produced and directed play to transfer to the West End of London. Phillips directed a revival of the play, again at The Tricycle, in 1999. The play was revived at the National Theatre in London in the summer of 2013.
Actress Juanita Moore was a friend of both Marlon Brando and James Baldwin. She asked Brando to lend Baldwin $75 to write The Amen Corner. The Original Cambridge Players took a Los Angeles premiere of James Baldwin's The Amen Corner to Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theater in April 1965. Produced by Maria Cole, the production was directed by Frank Silvera, with Scenic Design by Vantile Whitfield.
Internet Broadway Database(IBDB) Broadway Cast: Art Evans, Gertude Jeanette, Amentha Dymally, Whitman Mayo, Beah Richards, Juanita Moore, Isabel Sanford, Frank Silvera and C. P. Walker. Tony Award Nominations for the production were as follows:
Beah Richards was nominated in the Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play category of the 1965 Tony Awards for her performance as Sister Margaret Alexander.[2]
- ^ Magdalena J. Zaborowska, University of Michigan. "Amen Corner." The Literary Encyclopedia. 13 June 2003. [1]
- ^ "The Amen Corner Tony Awards Info".