The Green Pastures
by Marc Connelly
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Excerpt from The Green Pastures: A Fable Suggested by Roark Bradford's Southern Sketches, "Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun"Caution: Professionals and amateurs are hereby warned that The Green Pastures, being fully protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. The British Empire, including the Dominion of Canada. And all other countries of the Copyright Union, is subject to a royalty. All rights, including professional, amateur, motion pictures. Recitation, public reading, show more radio broadcasting, and the rights of translation into foreign languages are strictly reserved. In its present form this play is dedicated to the reading public only. All inquiries regarding this play should be addressed to the author in care of the publishers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. show lessTags
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To the modern taste this play is culturally appropriated, and very condescending. However, as it was at its time, quite a groundbreaker. It was produced on Broadway in 1930, and had the first all--black cast that area had seen. it won a pulitzer, and was often discussed as a worthy rendition of rural black culture a step above that of the Uncle Remus stories of Chandler. It was amusing to the 16 year -old me.
Talk about politically incorrect! There is absolutely no way, no how, that such a work could be written, let alone staged, in this day and age. Even its affectionate qualities would be vilified as unbearably patronizing, and justly so, let me hastily add. And yet, to experience it today sets to bubbling pools of pathos laced with humor that lie deep.
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- Original publication date
- 1930
- Related movies
- The Green Pastures (1936 | IMDb); Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Green Pastures (1957 | IMDb)
- Dedication
- To my mother
- First words
- Part One, Scene I. A corner in a Negro church
Author's Note: "The Green Pastures" is an attempt to present certain aspects of a living religion in the terms of its believers. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The singing become fortissimo.
- Disambiguation notice
- This is the play. Don't combine with the film.
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- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 15
