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Sugar-Mouth Sam Don't Dance No More
Author(s):
Don Evans
The joys and sorrows of black womanhood are at issue in SUGAR-MOUTH SAM DON'T DANCE NO MORE. Sammy, a charming but unreliable drifter, returns unexpectedly to Verda Mae, his on-again/off-again love. This time Sammy promises to stay, and an-nounces that he has left his wife for good, but Verda Mae, after a lifetime of such assurances, won’t be convinced. Ironically, in the end, it is Verda Mae’s growing sense of independence that leads her to the loneliness and abandonment she fears will be her inevitable fate. It is the joys and sorrows of black womanhood which are at issue. Sammy, a charming but unreliable drifter, returns unexpectedly to Verda Mae, his on-again-off-again love. This time Sammy promises to stay, and announces that he has left his wife once and for all. But Verda Mae, after a lifetime of such assurances, is not easily convinced. And, ironically, it is her growing sense of independence which, in the end, leads to the loneliness and abandonment which are her unwelcome, but inevitable, fate.
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| Genre(s): | Not Available | | Time Period(s): | Not Available | | Play Type: | Play | | Runtime: | Not Available | | Acts: | Not Available | | Set Complexity: | Not Available | | Set Information: | Not Available | | Year First Published: | Not Available | | Total Characters: | 2 | | Male Characters: | 1 | | Female Characters: | 1 | | Androgynous Characters: | Not Available | | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | | Cost: | FEE: $25 per performance
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Please check with the publisher for the most accurate information. | | Publisher: | Dramatists Play Service
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