Benevolence
By Ifa Bayeza
Benevolence is a play that needs 4 performers (2 women, 2 men). Licensed by Theatrical Rights Worldwide.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 4 performers
- Roles
- 2 women, 2 men
- Cast notes
- 2W, 2M or 3W, 5M
- Running time
- About 150 minutes
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- historical
- Licensor
- Theatrical Rights Worldwide
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Synopsis
BENEVOLENCE explores the impact of the 1955 murder of 14-year-old Chicago youth Emmett Till on two families in the Mississippi Delta, one white (the family of his killers), one black (their neighbors). When the daily routine of a country storekeeper is disrupted by a group of buoyant teens, one of whom whistles at her, from that chance encounter, she is swept into a whirlwind of violence, prosecution, deceit and delusion that pursue her till the end of her days. In a nearby town, an auto mechani
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