1930 Green Pastures Marc Connelly, Lakeside Press Edition, Robert Edmond Jones

Description: The Green Pastures. A Fable Suggested by Roark Bradford’s Southern Sketches, “Ol’ Man Adam an’ His Chillun” By Marc Connelly. With Illustrations by Robert Edmond Jones. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, Lakeside Press, Chicago. 1930. Original dust jacket. 141 p., fine green Moroccan leather binding measuring 10.5 x 8", large 8vo. In fair condition. Dust jacket exhibits the most wear: Front hinge split from mid-way down to to tail, fragile; Head and tail of spine & flap hinges chipped; spine and hinge creases toned; some light finger-soiling and possible water or tea dampness staining to fore-edge of front cover. Leather boards normally scuffed at edges and corners, but overall gilt bordering and lettering bright and clean. Light toning to front and rear end-pages from leather bordering on paste-downs. Text-block overall bright and clean. Binding tight and intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. The Green Pastures is a play written in 1930 by Marc Connelly adapted from Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun (1928), a collection of stories written by Roark Bradford. The play was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1930. It had the first all-black Broadway cast. The play and the film adaptation were generally well received and hailed by white drama and film critics. African-American intellectuals, cultural critics, and audiences were more critical of white author Connelly's claim to be presenting an authentic view of black religious thought. The play portrays episodes from the Old Testament as seen through the eyes of a young African-American child in the Great Depression-era Southern United States, who interprets the Bible in terms familiar to her. Following Bradford's lead, Connelly set the biblical stories in New Orleans and in an all-black context. He diverged from Bradford's work, however, in enlarging the role of the character "De Lawd" (God), played on stage by Richard B. Harrison (1864–1935). The Green Pastures also featured numerous African-American spirituals arranged by Hall Johnson and performed by The Hall Johnson Choir. The cast also included singer Mabel Ridley.The chorus included torch singer Eva Sylvester and members of the Sylvester family as cherubs. Robert Edmond Jones (1887 – 1954) was an American scenic, lighting, and costume designer. He is credited with incorporating the new stagecraft into the American drama. His designs sought to integrate scenic elements into the storytelling instead of having them stand separate and indifferent from the play's action. His visual style, often referred to as simplified realism, combined bold vivid use of color and simple, yet dramatic, lighting. Jones's biggest commercial success was with The Green Pastures (1930), which, if we include its revival in 1951, played for a total of 1,642 performances. This revival was Jones's last production. FORN-SHELF-0682-XX-2409-HK2112

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