The Heavens Are Hung in Black
By James Still
The Heavens Are Hung in Black is a play that needs 14 or more performers (2 women, 10 men). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 14 or more performers
- Roles
- 2 women, 10 men
- Cast notes
- 10 to 18m., 2 to 3w., 2 boys, extras as desired. Limited Streaming Rights Available
- Recommended level
- High school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- thriller
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
Focusing on the theatricality and humanity of Lincoln's second year in the White House (1862), The Heavens Are Hung in Black is a fevered, emotional epic about a U.S. president who read the Book of Job and the plays of Shakespeare, had the saddest face ever painted, openly wept in public, and led this country in a war that we're still fighting today. We see everything through Lincoln's eyes and his haunted dreams: his treatment by his friends and enemies; his relationship with his troubled wife;
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