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An award-winning play from one of America’s most brilliant writers about a murder in a small Southern town, loosely based on the 1955 killing of Emmett Till. • "A play with fires of fury in its belly, tears of anguish in its eyes, a roar of protest in its throat."…
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This past summer, I was stunned to discover the blistering and unapologetic Blues for Mister Charlie by James Baldwin.
The play revolves around mounting racial tensions in a small Southern town in the late 1950s after a white shopkeeper is accused of murdering a young, black college student, evoking the real-life murder of Emmett Till. However, Baldwin paints a nuanced picture by balancing the lives of the accused perpetrator alongside the victim, Richard, a troubled addict, prone to inciting violence.
Of course, this incendiary story feels as relevant today as during the civil rights era when it was written. What…
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