The Plays to 1942 (Lh5): Mulatto to the Sun Do Move Volume 5

by Leslie Catherine Sanders, Nancy Johnston, Langston Hughes

But someday somebody'll
Stand up and talk about me--
Black and beautiful--
And sing about me.
And put on plays about me!
I reckon it'll be
Me myself!
Yes, it'll be me.

Langston Hughes is least known for his theatrical endeavors, yet his attention to the theater was lifelong. His love of the stage began in childhood, and from the late 1920s on he was continually writing plays, for black community theater,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826213693
• ISBN13: 9780826213693
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 6.6" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5