All God's Chillun Got Wings (play)

All God's Chillun Got Wings was a 1924 play by Eugene O'Neill about miscegenation.

Paul Robeson performed in the premiere,[1] in which he portrayed the black husband of an abusive white woman who, resenting her husband's skin colour, destroys his promising career as a lawyer.[2]

Performances

Trish Van Devere played in the 1975 Broadway revival, along with James Earl Jones, Jimmy Baio and Kathy Rich.

References

  1. ^ American Experience | Eugene O'Neill | A Controversial Play | PBS
  2. ^ "All God's Chillun". Time (magazine). March 17, 1924. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,717940,00.html. Retrieved 2007-06-21.