Claudia Allen Freedom Rider Play Typescript LGBTQ Lesbian Gay

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Claudia Allen Freedom Rider Play Typescript LGBTQ Lesbian Gay
Claudia Allen Freedom Rider Play Typescript LGBTQ Lesbian Gay
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[LGBTQ+][Theater]
Allen, Claudia.
The Freedom Rider.
[Chicago]: [circa 1980]. 11½” x 9”. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed rectos only; three hole punched and held within brad-fastened folder. pp. [1], 93. Very good: lacking page 12; folder with moderate wear, a few pink stains to the verso of the last leaf; inscribed by the author on the first page.
This is a one-act play from a lesbian playwright, Claudia Allen. Allen grew up in Michigan where she earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Michigan and moved to Chicago in 1979. Many of her produced plays have lesbian themes or characters and two of them have won Chicago's Jeff Award for new works. She was named best playwright by Chicago magazine in 1999, is an original member of the Victory Gardens' Playwrights' Ensemble and was elected to Chicago's LGBT Hall of Fame in 2010.
While this play does not have LGBTQ+ overtones, it may be Allen's first that was performed publicly. It's about an aging preacher and former civil rights activist who longed for days past and was heavily conflicted due to his tired marriage, his relationship with a prostitute, and the murder of a close friend. The play ran for seven weeks at the Playwrights Center in Chicago early in 1980 and a reading of the play was held at the Goodman Theater on May 11
th
of that year.
The first page is inscribed
“To ____________, A man with the good taste to appreciate Barb, Ring Lardner, and my play. Sort of makes up for Reagan.”
This was acquired by our scout from the estate of the recipient, who our scout knew to be an English teacher and lifelong Republican.
The play was published electronically in 2007, and OCLC locates no copies of this typescript.
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