Leslie Lee Biography (c. 1935-)

Full name, Leslie E. Lee; born in 1935 in Bryn Mawr, PA.

Nationality
American
Gender
Female
Occupation
playwright, author
Birth Details
c. 1935
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States

Famous Works

  • Credits; Stage Work
  • Director, Darkness, Fierce Winds, American Folk Theatre, Theatre at Holy Name House, New York City, 1980.
  • Credits; Plays
  • Elegy to a Down Queen (two-act), produced at Cafe La Mama (now LaMama E.T.C.), New York City, 1969, musical version produced at La Mama E.T.C., 1972.
  • Cops and Robbers (one-act), produced at Cafe La Mama, 1970-71.
  • As I Lay Dying, a Victim of Spring, produced by New Dramatists, New York City, 1972.
  • The Night of the No-Moon, produced by New Dramatists, New York City, 1973.
  • The War Party, produced by New Dramatists, New York City, 1974.
  • Between Now and Then (two-act), produced by New Dramatists, New York City, 1975, published by Samuel French, 1984.
  • The First Breeze of Summer (two-act; also see below), produced byNegro Ensemble Company (NEC), St. Marks Playhouse, then Palace Theatre, bothNew York City, 1975, published by Samuel French, 1975.
  • The Book of Lambert, produced at Theatre at St. Clements, New YorkCity, 1977.
  • Nothin' Comes Easy, produced at Village Gate Theatre, New York City, 1978.
  • (With June Carroll and Arthur Siegel) Life, Love, and Other Minor Matters (musical revue), produced at Village Gate Theatre, 1980.
  • Colored People's Time (two-act), produced by NEC, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1982, published by Samuel French, 1983.
  • Willie (two-act), produced by O'Neill Center's National Playwright's Conference, Waterford, CT, 1983.
  • (With Charles Strouse and Lee Adams) Golden Boy (revision of the 1964 musical), produced at Billie Holiday Theatre, Brooklyn, NY, 1984.
  • The Wig Lady, produced at Harold Clurman Theatre, New York City, 1984.
  • Phillis (musical; book by Lee, music and lyrics by Micki Grant), produced at Apollo Theatre, Harlem, NY, 1986.
  • Hannah Davis, produced at Crossroads Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ, 1987.
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. (musical biography for children), producedby Theatreworks/USA, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, Brooklyn, 1987.
  • Black Eagles, produced at Crossroads Theatre, c. 1989.
  • Ground People (two-act; with music), produced at American Place Theatre, New York City, 1990.
  • Also author of Killing Time (with music; also see below), producedat Village Gate Theatre.
  • Credits; Television Plays; Episodic
  • "Almos' a Man" (adapted from the story by Richard Wright), The American Short Story, PBS, 1977.
  • "The Killing Floor," American Playhouse, PBS, 1984.
  • Author of the script "Langston Hughes," PBS, c. 1986.
  • Credits; Television Series
  • Summer Father, shown on Vegetable Soup series, PBS, 1978.
  • Another World, NBC, 1982-83.
  • Credits; Television Specials
  • Voices and Visions (documentary), PBS, 1988.
  • Credits; Screenplays
  • (With Gus Edwards) Go Tell It on the Mountain (adaptation of the novel by James Baldwin), Learning in Focus, 1984.
  • Credits; Other
  • The Day after Tomorrow (novella), Scholastic Book Services, 1974.
  • Also author of the novella Never the Time and Place, 1985.
  • Credits: Adaptations
  • The First Breeze of Summer was filmed for the PBS series GreatPerformances, 1976.*

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