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Nevis Mountain Dew
''Nevis Mountain Dew'' is a 1978 play (theatre), play by American playwright Steve Carter (playwright), steve carter . Set in the 1950s, it is the second of Carter's Caribbean trilogy. ''Nevis Mountain Dew'' explores the subject of euthanasia involving the patriarch of an affluent family who is confined to an negative pressure ventilator, iron lung. Characters ; Jared Philibert: The 50-year-old patriarch of an affluent Caribbean-American family. Due to being afflicted with paralysis, he is confined to an iron lung. ; Everalda Philibert Griffin: Jared's sister and the family member primarily responsible for his care. ; Zepora Philibert: A younger sister of Jared. ; Billie Philbert: The African American wife of Jared. ; Ayton Morris: A family friend. ; Boise McCanles: A co-worker of Billie's. ; Lud Gaithers: Another co-worker of Billie's and Boise's friend. Plot synopsis Set in the Queens borough of New York City in 1954, a Caribbean-American family gathers to celebrate the 50th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Carter (playwright)
Horace Edward "Steve" Carter Jr. (November 7, 1929 – September 15, 2020) was an American playwright, best known for his plays involving Caribbean immigrants living in the United States. Biography Born Horace Edward Carter Jr. in New York City to Horace Sr., an African-American longshoreman from Richmond, Virginia, and Carmen, who was from Trinidad, he is professionally known as steve carter (spelled in all lowercase letters). Carter's first interest in the theatre was to be a set designer. As a youngster, he would make models of sets inspired by motion pictures and the occasional play he would see with his mother. Soon he would populate these models with cutout figures. This led to him creating dialog for the figures as he moved them around the set. In 1948, he graduated from the High School of Music and Art in New York City. His professional career as a playwright began in 1965 at the American Community Theater with the production of the short play ''Terraced Apartment''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Montgomery (actress)
Barbara Montgomery (born June 25, 1939) is an American stage, television and film actress, and theatrical and film director. She is best known for her performance in ''Amen'' (1986-1990). Career Born in Queens, Montgomery began her career on the stage in the 1960s in Off-Off-Broadway theatrical groups. She was a member of Negro Ensemble Company and the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. In the early 1970s, she starred as "Mama" in the Off-Broadway production of ''My Sister, My Sister'' for which she earned an Obie Award. The play later ran on Broadway from April to August 1974 for which Montgomery reprised her role. In 1986, Montgomery won the role of Cassietta Hetebrink on the NBC sitcom ''Amen''. Montgomery played the role for four years before leaving the series in 1990. Later that year, she starred in the short-lived ABC program ''Married People'' as Olivia Williams. She has also appeared on many shows such as ''A Different World'', ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'', ''Disneyla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (play)
''Whose Life Is It Anyway?'' is a play by Brian Clark adapted from his 1972 television play of the same title, which starred Ian McShane. The stage version premiered at the Greenwich Theatre in SE London before moving in 1978 to the Mermaid Theatre in London, and subsequently opened on Broadway in 1979. The play involves a sculptor who is paralysed. Plot Set in a hospital room, the action revolves around Ken Harrison (Claire Harrison in some later productions), a sculptor by profession, who was paralysed from the neck down ( quadriplegia) in a car accident and is determined to be allowed to die. Clark presents arguments both in favour of and opposing euthanasia and to what extent government should be allowed to interfere in the life of a private citizen. In portraying Ken as an intelligent man with a useless body, he leaves the audience with conflicting feelings about his desire to end his life. Productions The play was televised on 12 March 1972 by Granada TV. It was direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Clark (writer)
Brian Robert Clark (3 June 1932 – 16 November 2021) was a British playwright and screenwriter, best known for his play ''Whose Life Is It Anyway? (play), Whose Life Is It Anyway?'', which he later adapted into a screenplay. Early life Clark was born on 3 June 1932 in Bristol, United Kingdom, the son of a blacksmith. He attended Bristol Grammar School, leaving at 16.''The Stage'' Thursday 24 July 1986, page 10 Clark was educated at the University of Nottingham. He married Maggie Clark, his first wife, and raised two sons. Career Clark taught in schools, colleges and universities and was a member of the Drama Department at the University of Hull from 1968 to 1972. In 1970, he sold a television play, ''Rubber?'' Some years after its television production, he adapted the script for the stage. The reworked version won a Society of West End Theatre Awards, Society of West End Theaters Award in 1978. Later that year, he brought the play to the United States, first at the Folge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Williams
Halroy Candis Williams (born December 14, 1938) is an American actor, best known for his recurring roles as Police Officer Smith ("Smitty") on ''Sanford and Son'' (1972–1976), Harley Foster on ''The Waltons'' (1973-1980), and as the patriarch Lester Jenkins, the husband of Marla Gibbs's character, on the NBC sitcom '' 227'' which originally aired from 1985 until 1990. His film credits include '' Private Benjamin'' (1980), '' Guess Who'' (2005), and ''Flight'' (2012). Early life and career Williams was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio.Hill, Anthony D. (2018). Historical Dictionary of African American Theater'. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 555. . In the early 1960s, he began acting in community theater in Ohio. Williams worked as a postal worker and corrections officer before moving to Hollywood to pursue an acting career in 1968. Williams began pursuing his acting career full-time in 1970. Since then, Willams has appeared in movies such as Paul Schrader's '' Hardcor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Kilpatrick
Lincoln Kilpatrick (February 12, 1931 – May 18, 2004) was an American film, television, and stage actor. Biography Career Born in St. Louis, Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ..., Kilpatrick attended Lincoln University (Missouri), Lincoln University and earned a degree in drama before he began acting. Encouraged by Billie Holiday, Kilpatrick began his career in 1959 in the Broadway production of ''A Raisin in the Sun''. In the 1960s, he mainly guest-starred in television roles and bit parts in movies. His primary acting talents were showcased in stage and theater work, which he remained active in until his death. Kilpatrick was co-founder of the Kilpatrick-Cambridge Theatre Arts School in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood, California. He was also the first A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roxie Roker
Roxie Albertha Roker (August 28, 1929 – December 2, 1995) was an American actress. She was best known for her portrayal of Helen Willis on the CBS sitcom ''The Jeffersons''. In 1973, she performed as Mattie Williams in the Broadway play '' The River Niger'', and was nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Play at the 28th Tony Awards''.'' Roker is the mother of rock musician Lenny Kravitz and grandmother of actress Zoë Kravitz. Early life and education Roker was born in Miami, Florida. Her mother, Bessie Roker (née Mitchell), was from Georgia and worked as a domestic. Her father, Albert Roker, was a porter and a native of Andros, the Bahamas. She grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Roker studied drama at Howard University, where she was a pupil of celebrated drama teachers Anne Cooke Reid and Owen Dodson. Some of her fellow drama students at Howard included novelist Toni Morrison, actress Zaida Coles, stage director and playwright Shauneille Perry, and actor Graham Brow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esther Rolle
Esther Elizabeth Rolle (November 8, 1920 – November 17, 1998) was an American actress. She is best known for her role as Florida Evans, on the CBS television sitcom '' Maude,'' for two seasons (1972–1974), and its spin-off series '' Good Times'', for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Musical or Comedy in 1976. In 1979, Rolle won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Special for the television film '' Summer of My German Soldier''. Early life Esther Rolle was born on November 8, 1920, in Pompano Beach, Florida to Bahamian immigrants Jonathan Rolle (1883–1953), a farmer, and Elizabeth Iris Rolle (née Dames; 1887–1947). Her parents were both born and raised in Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas and moved to Florida some time after their marriage. She was the tenth of 18 children (children who included siblings and fellow actresses Estelle Evans and Rosanna Carter). Rolle attended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Cambridge
Edmund James Cambridge Jr. (September 18, 1920 – August 18, 2001) was an American actor and director who was a founding member of the Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) and the Kilpatrick-Cambridge Theater Arts School."Edmund J. Cambridge, 80, Stage Director" '''', September 25, 2001. Accessed November 26, 2009. Biography Cambridge was born on September 18, 1920 in . At age 15, Ca ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kreeger Theatre
Kreeger is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Carol Kreeger Davidson (1929–2014), American sculptor * David Lloyd Kreeger (1909–1990), American art philanthropist * Frank Kreeger (died 1899), American baseball player * George H. Kreeger, 20th-century American politician and judge See also * Kreeger Museum, a private museum in Washington, D.C. * Kreiger (surname) Allison Lee Kreiger Walsh is a beauty queen from Miami, Florida who has competed in the Miss Florida pageant and the Miss America pageant. Walsh won the Miss Florida title in the state pageant held July 8, 2006. She had previously won Miss Uni ... * Kreuger (surname) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dodd, Mead & Company
Dodd, Mead and Company was one of the pioneer publishing houses of the United States, based in New York City. Under several names, the firm operated from 1839 until 1990. History Origins In 1839, Moses Woodruff Dodd (1813–1899) and John S. Taylor, at that time a leading publisher in New York, formed the company of Taylor and Dodd as a publisher of religious books. In 1840, Dodd bought out Taylor and renamed the company as M.W. Dodd. Frank Howard Dodd (1844–1916) joined his father in business in 1859 and became increasingly involved in the publishing company's operation. With the retirement of founder Moses Dodd in 1870, control passed to his son Frank Howard Dodd, who joined in partnership with his cousin Edward S. Mead (1847–1894), and the company was reorganized as Dodd and Mead. In 1876, Bleecker Van Wagenen became a member of the firm and the name was changed to Dodd, Mead and Company. Tebbel, John, ''Between Covers: The Rise and Transformation of Book Publishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Brown (actor)
Charles Brown (January 15, 1946 – January 8, 2004) was an American actor and a member of New York City, New York theater troupe the Negro Ensemble Company. He was best known for his performances in Off-Broadway and Broadway plays by Samm-Art Williams and August Wilson. Biography Charles Brown was born in Talladega, Alabama, and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Mack Brown Sr. His siblings included brothers Mack Jr. and Ramon and sister Shirley. After serving in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, Brown studied theater at Howard University, in Washington, D.C. He performed with that city's D.C. Black Repertory Company, and elsewhere. Brown became a regular member of the Negro Ensemble Company, where his roles included Southern farmer Cephus Miles in Samm-Art Williams' ''Home'' (1979) and military investigator Captain Richard Davenport in 1944 Louisiana in Charles Fuller's ''A Soldier's Story'' (1981). ''Home'' moved to Broadway in 1980, earning Brown a Tony Award nominatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
