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TitleBlues for an Alabama Sky
LevelItem
Date2022
DescriptionProgramme for 'Blues for an Alabama Sky' in the Lyttelton Theatre. Contains introductory essay ' Bringing Back Summer' Sarah Corke finds out about the National Theatre's summer plans. Programme contains essays 'Creativity, Activism and Bathtub Gin: Melissa Barton Gives an Introduction to the Harlem Renaissance'; 'Navigating Harlem: A Guide to the Real-Life People in Blues for an Alabama Sky'; a series of poems sung in the performance by Langston Hughes - 'Dreams', 'Dream Variations', 'Harlem (A Dream Deferred)' - and a poem by Georgia Douglas Johnson, 'My Little Dreams'; 'Choice is the Essence of Freedom: SaraEllen Strongman Looks at Black Women's Historic Involvement in the Struggle for Reproductive Rights in the United States'. Contains cast and creative details, rehearsal photographs by Marc Brenner.
Extent4 items and 1 digital item
SeriesLyttelton Programmes
Production
RecordTitle
PERF11085Blues for an Alabama Sky
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