Composers and their stage works 



Alice CHILDRESS

Born in Charleston, South Carolina, 12 October 1920 :: died August 14, 1994 - New York City

Plays:

  1. Florence (produced 1949)
  2. Just a Little Simple, adaptation of stories by Langston Hughes (produced 1950).
  3. Gold Through the Trees (produced 1952).
  4. Trouble in Mind (produced 1955).
  5. Wedding Band (produced 1966). 1974.
  6. The World on a Hill, 1968.
  7. Young Martin Luther King (produced 1969).
  8. String, adaptation of a story by Maupassant (produced 1969)
  9. Wine in the Wilderness (televised 1969; produced 1976). 1970.
  10. Mojo (produced 1970).
  11. When the Rattlesnake Sounds (for children). 1975.
  12. Let's Hear It for the Queen (for children). 1976.
  13. Sea Island Song (produced 1977).
  14. Gullah (produced 1984).
  15. Moms: A Praise Play for a Black Comedienne, music and lyrics by Childress and Nathan Woodard (produced 1987).

Screenplay:

  • A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich, 1977.

Television Plays:

  • Wine in the Wilderness, 1969;
  • Wedding Band, 1973;
  • String, 1979.

Novel:

A Short Walk. 1979.

Other Publications:

  • Like One of the Family: Conversations from a Domestic's Life. 1956.
  • A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (for children). 1973.
  • Rainbow Jordan (for children). 1981.
  • Those Other People (for children). 1989.

Editor, Black Scenes: Collections of Scenes from Plays Written by Black People about Black Experience. 1971.

Critical Studies:

  • articles by Gayle Austin and Polly Holliday, in Southern Quarterly, Spring 1987;
  • Their Place on Stage: Black Women Playwrights in America by Elizabeth Brown-Guillory, 1988.