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