| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'The Blacks', translated from 'Les Negres' by Bernard Frechtman; with photographs of members of the cast and cast lists; includes printed flyers on Front cover and inside [1961]; magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the play; magazine interview from 'Plays and Players' 1961 with Roger Blin (director); press article from 'The Observer' Jun 1961 on Jean Genet (author)
Performed at The Royal Court Theatre, London, 30 May 1961, closing performance, 24 Jun 1961; presented by the English Stage Company in association with Oscar Lewenstein; directed by Roger Blin; scenery and costumes by Andre Acquart; music by Patrick Gowers and Eleanor Fazan
America: The St Marks Playhouse, New York, 4 May 1961; presented by Sidney Bernstein, George Edgar and Andre Gregory; directed by Gene Frankel; setting by Kim E. Swados; costume by Patricia Zipprodt
Casts: Neville Monroe, Harry Baird, Rashidi Onikoyi, Bloke Modisane, Felicia Okoli, Joan Hooley, Brunetta Bernstein, Yolande, Vida Deghanar, Neville Russell, Lloyd Reckord, Rodney Douglas, Joseph Layode, Godfrey M. Cambridge, Roscoe Lee Browne, James Earl Jones, Cynthia Belgrave, Louis Gossett, Ethel Ayler, Helen Martin, Cicely Tyson |