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In Abraham's Bosom

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In Abraham's Bosom
Written byPaul Green
CharactersAbraham McCranie
Puny Avery
Eddie Williams
Neilly McNeill
Colonel McCranie
Douglas McCranie
Lanie Horton
Goldie McAllister
Muh Mack
Lije Hunneycutt
Lonnie McCranie
Bud Gaskins
Date premieredDecember 30, 1926
Place premieredProvincetown Playhouse
New York City, New York
Original languageEnglish
GenreTragedy
SettingIn and Near the Turpentine Woods in Eastern North Carolina in the summer of 1885

In Abraham's Bosom is a play by American dramatist Paul Green. Its original Broadway run starred Charles Sidney Gilpin as an African-American farmer from North Carolina whose efforts at self-improvement are thwarted by segregation. Green received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the work in 1927.

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