Mandingo (play)

Mandingo
Written by Jack Kirkland
Characters Mede
Hammond Maxwell
Warren Maxwell
Blanche Maxwell
Ellen
Date premiered May 22, 1961 (1961-05-22)[1]
Place premiered Lyceum Theatre
Original language English
Genre Fiction
Setting Antebellum South

Mandingo is an American theatrical play written by Jack Kirkland[1] and based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Kyle Onstott.[2] The novel was later made into a 1975 film by Paramount Pictures.[2]

Synopsis

An African slave is trained to fight other slaves on an antebellum Southern plantation.

References

  1. 1 2 "Mandingo". Playbill. 1961.
  2. 1 2 "Mandingo". The New York Times.


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