Wedding Band
Wedding Band
Author: Alice Childress
First Performance: 1966, Ann Arbor
Published: 1974
Genre: Drama in 2 acts
Setting: Black homes, South Carolina, 1918
Cast: 3m, 6f, 2 children (f)
Julia Augustine, a black woman, has just moved into the middle house in a block of three surrounding a backyard. For ten years, contrary to racial laws she has been the lover of Herman, a white man who runs a bakery shop, and wears his ‘wedding band’ hidden on a chain round her neck. Both would like to acknowledge their relationship openly, but this would be possible only if they can move to New York City. However, Herman feels a responsibility to his mother and sister Annabelle, especially as he is trying to pay off a debt to his mother which financed his bakery. While secretly visiting Julia, Herman falls seriously...
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