A Movie Star Has to Star in Black and White (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
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- Author: Adrienne Kennedy
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Work: Play
- Genres: Drama, One-act play
- Subjects: Acting or actors, Authors or writers, Writing, Films, movies, or motion pictures, Life and death
A Movie Star Has to Star in Black and White opened at the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1976 as a work in progress. This one-act play is introduced by the Columbia Pictures Lady speaking in Clara's stead. Each scene is first a film set, with the leading roles played by the film's primary actors. Places and people from Clara's life, including Clara, who has only a bit part, appear in parallel supporting roles. In her stage directions, Kennedy describes the supporting actors’ attitudes toward the leads as “deadly serious.”
Characters in scene 1 include actors Bette...
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