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| Douglas Turner Ward. |
Period/Politics/Race]
A: Arthur Burghardt and Michael Egan; SC: writings of Frederick Douglass; S:
Edward Burbridge; P: Negro Ensemble Company; T: St. Marks Playhouse (OB);
5/9/72-6/4/72 (32)
A literary evening of readings from the varied
writings of famed 19th-century, self-educated black leader and
ex-slave Frederick Douglass, presented by three actors—Douglas Turner Ward,
Adolph Caesar, and Duane Jones—dressed informally in denim work clothes.
This “enlightening” program, as Edith Oliver dubbed
it, was decidedly “undramatic,” though interesting for its revelations about
the great man. Walter Kerr was moved but also found it basically untheatrical
and lacking in sufficient interest to sustain an audience all the way through.
