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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.*