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Ceremonies in Dark Old Men is a play by Lonne Elder III that premiered Off Broadway at St. Mark’s Playhouse in a production by the Negro Ensemble Company in 1969. Later in the 1968-69 season it was given a commercial production that was a long-running success. The play was adapted for television in 1975. The play concerns the ceremonies acted out by African-American men. Mr. Russel B. Parker owns a floundering barbershop on 126th Street in Harlem.

author
Lonne Elder III
character in play
Adele Eloise Parker, Blue Haven, Bobby Parker, Mr. Russell B. Parker, Mr. Williams Jenkins, Theopolis Parker, Young Girl
genre
Naturalism (theatre)
premiere date
1969-02-04
premiere place
St. Mark's Playhouse
premiere year
1969-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
setting of play
1960s; a barbershop in Harlem

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