Lights down to half on Anderson. Lights up on Brown standing before a noose.
Lights up to half on John Wilkes Booth; he is standing in front of a Confederate flag. He is dressed as a Confederate soldier and holding a rifle. Osborne is standing in front of the Fort Sumter Union Flag. The figures of Osborne and Wilkes Booth face each other. Both men are armed. Paul Robesons version of John Browns body plays.
About the author
Ted Lange personifies the Renaissance Man Theatre Award he received from the NAACP. A graduate of London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Lange’s career has gained global recognition as a gifted actor of stage and screen, revered director, and prolific writer. Lange has penned twenty-four plays, including his historical trilogy George Washington’s Boy, The Journals of Osborne P. Anderson, and Lady Patriot. Other plays include Four Queens—No Trump, a comedy that played to rave reviews and won NAACP Best Play; Lemon Meringue Façade, produced off Broadway in New York; and Behind the Mask, Lange’s one-man show on the life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, which toured nationwide. Additional plays are Evil Legacy—the Story of Lucretia Borgia and Born a Unicorn, a musical about Ira Aldridge. Lange garnered worldwide fame for his portrayal of Isaac from The Love Boat.
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