Alice CHILDRESS
Born in Charleston, South Carolina, 12 October
1920 :: died August 14, 1994
- New York City
Plays:
- Florence (produced 1949)
- Just a Little Simple, adaptation of stories by Langston Hughes
(produced 1950).
- Gold Through the Trees (produced 1952).
- Trouble in Mind (produced 1955).
- Wedding Band (produced 1966). 1974.
- The World on a Hill, 1968.
- Young Martin Luther King (produced 1969).
- String, adaptation of a story by Maupassant (produced 1969)
- Wine in the Wilderness (televised 1969; produced 1976). 1970.
- Mojo (produced 1970).
- When the Rattlesnake Sounds (for children). 1975.
- Let's Hear It for the Queen (for children). 1976.
- Sea Island Song (produced 1977).
- Gullah (produced 1984).
- 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.
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