Originally produced and published in 1964, the play was based on a murder trial that took place nine years earlier in Mississippi.
Originally produced and published in 1964, the play was based on a murder trial that took place nine years earlier in Mississippi. After a former drug addict returns to the Southern town of his birth he is killed by the white bigot Lyle Britten for not knowing his place. The rest of the play concerns the trial and eventual acquittal of Richard Henry's murderer. FTP, identify this work by James Baldwin whose title derives from a slang word for "white man."
Originally produced and published in 1964, the play was based on a murder trial that took place nine years earlier in Mississippi.
{Blues for Mr. Charlie}