Henry Carter Hull

A collection of American plays from the 1940s.

Benito Cereno / Robert Lowell--Hogan's goat / William Alfred--We bombed in New Haven / Joseph Heller--The Indian wants the Bronx / Israel Horovitz--The boys in the band / Mark Crowley.

The autumn garden / Lillian Hellman-Camino real / Tennessee Williams-Tea and sympathy / Robert Anderson-A hatful of rain / Michael Bazzo--The zoo story / Edward Albee.

From the late 1920s to late 1950s, the Broadway theatre was America's cultural epicenter. Television didn't exist and movies were novelties. Entertainment took the form of literature, music, and theatre. During this golden age of Broadway, actors and actresses became legends and starred in now classic plays. Laurence Olivier, Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontaine were names to remember, etching plays into memory as they brought the words of Tennessee Williams...

This documentary sheds valuable light on all aspects of Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun, including the daunting challenge of securing investment and a venue for this production about a working class Black family, the casting process, artistic debates and finally its public reception. The film features interviews with the play's original cast members, Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Louis Gossett, Jr. and Glynn Turman, director Lloyd Richards,...

"The triumphant story of how an all-Black Broadway cast and crew changed musical theatre -- and the world -- forever. "This musical introduced Black excellence to the Great White Way. Broadway was forever changed and we, who stand on the shoulders of our brilliant ancestors, are charged with the very often elusive task of carrying that torch into our present." -- Billy Porter, Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award-winning actor When the curtain rose on Shuffle...