''Mandingo'' is an American theatrical play written by
Jack Kirkland and based on the 1957
novel of the same name by
Kyle Onstott.
[ The cast of the Broadway production included Dennis Hopper, ]Brooke Hayward
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Early life and education
Born in Los Angeles in 1937, Hayward is the eldest of three children born to agent turned film, television, and stage p ...
, Franchot Tone, Rockne Tarkington, and Georgia Burke.[ ] The story was made into a film
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by Paramount Pictures
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in 1975, directed by Richard Fleischer.
Synopsis
An African slave is trained to fight other slaves on an antebellum Southern plantation.
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Plays about slavery
1961 plays
Plays based on novels
Broadway plays
Plays about race and ethnicity
American plays adapted into films
Plays set in the United States
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