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In Splendid Error
Douglass argued against John Brown's plan to attack the arsenal at Harpers Ferry by Jacob Lawrence
Written by	William B. Branch
Date premiered	1954
Place premiered	Greenwich Mews Theater, Off-Broadway, New York City
Original language	English

In Splendid Error

In Splendid Error was written by William B. Branch it was produced off-Broadway in 1954 and revived again in 1978. by the New Federal Theatre

The play dramatizes the discussions that Frederick Douglass and John Brown had as Brown tried to persuade Douglass to join him at Harpers Ferry. It also dramatizes the attitudes of the North before the Civil ward and the Raid on Harpers Ferry which

Characters

Frederick Douglass ambrotype (1856)

John Brown portrait, 1859

CHARACTERS:

Reverend Loguen – A Black man, “slight of frame and advanced in years”.

Joshua – a young Black man who recently escaped enslavement with three others.

• Anna Douglass – A 40 year old black woman the matriarch of the Douglass home.
• Lewis Douglass – Anna and Fredrick’s 17 year old son, tall.
• George Chatham – A white man business man “just past middle age”, and an abolitionist.
• Theodore Tilton – A white “small, wiry” man in his mid-40’s A newspaper publisher and editor.
• Frederick Douglass – 42, “a tall, broad, compelling figure of a man” with a beard.
• John Brown – A lean sinewy man of over 50 with flowing hair and a ragged beard.
• Annie Douglass – the 6-year-old daughter of Anna and Fredrick.
• Sheilds Green – A strong, stockily built Black man, formally enslaved.
• Colonel Hugh Forbes– A tall white man in his 30’s with a harried, hungry look in his eye.
• Frank Sanborn – A white abolitionist from Boston.

References

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Address	New York City, New York United States
Type	Off-Broadway