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In Abraham’s Bosom is a play by American dramatist Paul Green. Its original Broadway run starred Charles Sidney Gilpin as an African-American farmer from North Carolina whose efforts at self-improvement are thwarted by segregation. Green received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the work in 1927. The play was included in Burns Mantle’s The Best Plays of 1926-1927.

author
Paul Green (playwright)
character in play
Abraham McCranie, Bud Gaskins, Colonel McCranie, Douglas McCranie, Eddie Williams, Goldie McAllister, Lanie Horton, Lije Hunneycutt, Lonnie McCranie, Muh Mack, Neilly McNeill, Puny Avery
original language
English language
premiere date
1926-12-30
premiere place
New York City, Provincetown Playhouse
premiere year
1926-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
setting of play
In and Near the Turpentine Woods in Eastern North Carolina in the summer of 1885

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