The African Company Presents Richard IIITHE STORY: Earning their bread with satires of white high society, the African Company came to be known for debunking the sacred status of the English classics (which many politically and racially motivated critics said were beyond the scope of bla |
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actin AFRICAN COMPANY PRESENTS African Grove African Theatre ain't ankle boots ANN JOHNSON JAMES Annie Billy Brown bout cane Catesby City Hotel coat comin COMPANY PRESENTS RICHARD CONSTABLE Constable-man corse countin CRATE dancin dere doin Douglas Stein DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE drum George Cooke girl goin gone swear gonna grand ballroom Green plaid shirt Griot hear Hello HEWLETT PAPA SHAKESPEARE hisself hundred dollar Jail House JAMES HEWLETT PAPA Jimmy Hewlett JOHNSON JAMES HEWLETT Junius Brutus Booth King Richard ladies and gentlemen Lady Ann listen look lookin Mercer Street Negro night nothin old Van Dam opossum PAPA SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM Park Theatre patchwork Paul Tazewell play-actin Queen Ribbed tights Richard the Third robe round sayin Scene SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM HENRY slave sneekin somethin standin STEPHEN PRICE ta-ta talk talkin tell tellin there's thing thinkin thou tonight What's WILLIAM HENRY BROWN woman ya'self Yes sir