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New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1993. 2d ptg.. paperback. Book: Very Good. 8vo.. 112 pp. 5 3/8 x 8 3/8. Red glossy wraps. No damage or markings noted.

Fireside Theatre, 1991-01-01. hardcover. Good. 8x5x0. Tear in the front of the dust jacket. Priority Mail is available on this item. No international shipping.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Near Fine. 1991. First Edition. Stapled wraps. Near Fine red stapled wraps about 8½x11 inches. 16 pages, unmarked. Theater program. ; OVRC1; 11 X 8.50 X 0.10 inches; 16 pages .

New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1991. First edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. Stated first edition. Three tales by Hurston as adapted by Wolfe. Music for the show was provided by Chic Street Man. A fine clothbound copy in fine dustwrapper.

New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1991. Hardcover. 112p., production history, photos, sheet music and lyrics from the production, very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped dj. The African American playwright, who succeeded Joseph Papp as head of the New York Shakespeare festival company, adapted these three Hurston stories for the modern stage.

Garden City NY: The Fireside Theatre. Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1991). Book Club Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean copy, no discernible wear to book; jacket has just a touch of wear at top of spine, rear panel has a small rubbed spot plus a tiny closed tear and associated crease at bottom left corner]. (B&W photographs) A pair of plays in which the playwright "celebrates African-American culture in all its glory while he gleefully exposes its contradictions." "The Colored Museum" riffs on black stereotypes through the presentation of eleven "exhibits." "Spunk" sets Hurston's stories to blues rhythms, creating "a rich folk tapestry of African-American rural life and urban life earlier in [the 20th] century." Accompanying the text of the latter play are both the music and lyrics for its songs. An uncommon edition, apparently issued exclusively by the Fireside Theatre Book Club, with no corresponding trade edition. (Or, to put it… Read More

New York: Dramatist's Play Service, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine Dust Jacket. Illustrated with photographs from the first productions. 8vo; 8.75 inches tall; 112 pages; includes the musical scores.. The three tales are 'Adaptation of Sweat', 'Story in Harlem slang', and 'the gilded six-bits'. Background Information: George C. Wolfe, the African American playwright, who succeeded Joseph Papp as head of the New York Shakespeare festival company. Mr. Wolfe adapted these three Hurston stories for the modern stage. Includes scores for the original country blues songs by Chic Street Man. Zora Neale Hurston was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American South and published research on hoodoo. The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937.

New York:: Theatre Communications Group,, 1991.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dustjacket.. First printing. A stage adaptation of 3 of Hurston's short stories, including music for the original country -blues songs composed by Chic Street Man. Illustrated with photographs from the first productions. 110 pp.