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''[[Having Our Say]]'' by [[Emily Mann]].
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''[[Having Our Say]]'' is a play by Emily Mann ()[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Mann_(director)]
 
 
  
 
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Full title ''[[Having Our Say. The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years]]'', the play is an adaptation of the book ''[[Having Our Say]]'' by  Sarah (Sadie) Delany and Elizabeth (Bessie) Delany, with Amy Hill Hearth, and based on the lives of Sadie and Bessie Delany, the daughters of a minister born in slavery and a brilliant woman of mixed ancestry.
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First performed 1995 at the McCarter Theater Centre and on Broadway, (garnering 3 Tony Award nominations - including Best Play and Best Direction - and a Drama Desk nomination; a Joseph Jefferson Award) and published by the Dramatists Play Service Inc, 1996.
  
 
==Translations and Adaptions==
 
==Translations and Adaptions==
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Made into a 1999 American made-for-television drama film.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Having_Our_Say:_The_Delany_Sisters%27_First_100_Years_(film)]
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1998:  Directed: [[Loretta Greco]].  Cast : [[Micki Grant]], [[Lizan Mitchell]].
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1998: Performed at the [[Market Theatre]], directed by [[Loretta Greco]] with [[Micki Grant]] and [[Lizan Mitchell]].
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
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https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1917
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Mann_(director)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Having_Our_Say:_The_Delany_Sisters%27_First_100_Years_(film)
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[[Ruphin Coudyzer]]. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of [[Market Theatre]] productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 18:46, 27 May 2024

Having Our Say is a play by Emily Mann ()[1]


Original Text

Full title Having Our Say. The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, the play is an adaptation of the book Having Our Say by Sarah (Sadie) Delany and Elizabeth (Bessie) Delany, with Amy Hill Hearth, and based on the lives of Sadie and Bessie Delany, the daughters of a minister born in slavery and a brilliant woman of mixed ancestry.

First performed 1995 at the McCarter Theater Centre and on Broadway, (garnering 3 Tony Award nominations - including Best Play and Best Direction - and a Drama Desk nomination; a Joseph Jefferson Award) and published by the Dramatists Play Service Inc, 1996.

Translations and Adaptions

Made into a 1999 American made-for-television drama film.[2]

Performance history in South Africa

1998: Performed at the Market Theatre, directed by Loretta Greco with Micki Grant and Lizan Mitchell.

Sources

https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1917

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Mann_(director)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Having_Our_Say:_The_Delany_Sisters%27_First_100_Years_(film)

Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Translations and adaptations

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