Book/Printed Material The awakening : a play
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Image 1 of The awakening : a play AWAKENING n MARY WHITE OV1NGTON- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 2 of The awakening : a play- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 3 of The awakening : a play THE AWAKENING A PLAY BY MARY WHITE OVINGTON 9 9 Price 25 Cents. Five copies for one dollar. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 70 Fifth Avenue New York.- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 4 of The awakening : a play Copyrighted 1923 BY Mary White Ovington. 700^0* All rights reserved. There is a charge of five dollars royalty on each performance of this play. Returns to he made to the National Association...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 5 of The awakening : a play CHARACTERS. Edward Marston, a young lawyer Cyril John Albert Members of the Helen Ray Caldwell Social Thelma Club Beatrice Jane, a young woman A young man William Jones, Sheriff of Casper Co.,...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 6 of The awakening : a play SCENES Act I. Living Room of Mrs. Ray’s Home. Act II. Headquarters of the Caldwell Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Act III. Court Room. Act IV....- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 7 of The awakening : a play THE AWAKENING ACT ONE. Scene: A room in Mrs. Ray’s house. The exit rear, left side. The room is furnished with ten chairs, two tables, a victrola, a secretary’s book and gavel,...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 8 of The awakening : a play Edward (Standing in the background) To work, my young friends, to work. The Caldwell Social Club will now hold its business meeting. (Helen, in the meantime, directs Cyril and Albert how to...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 9 of The awakening : a play pleasure first and business afterwards. Never while this citizen holds office (he pats himself on the chest) will business be allowed to interfere with pleasure. You have heard the report of the...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 10 of The awakening : a play Albert I give way to our honored secretary only begging her not to make too prolonged and impassioned a speech as I have to prepare a senior theme before morning. (Sits.) Helen...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 11 of The awakening : a play Albert Our by-laws, don’t forget our by-laws. Beatrice And our by-laws, but we don’t do a single thing but dance and play cards. John (Large and sleepy looking) and eat. Beatrice And...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 12 of The awakening : a play Cyril That sounds very well, Ned, but you know its rot. We do have to think about race, but one of the reasons I joined the Caldwell social club was just because...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 13 of The awakening : a play Edward A motion to adjourn is undebatable. Aye. Cyril and Peter Aye. Edward All opposed, No. All in favor say Thelma and Beatrice No. John No! Anybody who gave us that chicken...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 14 of The awakening : a play Edward (Emphatically) You shouldn’t read that stuff. Helen I ought to, and so ought you, and we ought to work with the Association to stop the awful things that are happening. It’s...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 15 of The awakening : a play John (Waking up from a long browse) I move we adjourn. Helen You haven’t accepted my resignation yet. Cyril We’re doing something. See, we’re appointing a com¬ mittee. Edward The meeting stands...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 16 of The awakening : a play Helen (Turning on him sharply) No? I suppose she must leave all the seriousness to you. Edward I’m serious enough at my business, you know that, but when I come here I...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 17 of The awakening : a play Helen Oh nothing. Good night. Edward (With complete change in manner and for the first time this evening showing his finer side) See here, Helen, I’m not so unsympathetic as I talk....- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 18 of The awakening : a play Helen That’s a fine way to serve your fellow-man. Edward (Getting angry again) If you weren’t crazy from reading all that lynching and peon stuff you’d see what I mean. I mean...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 19 of The awakening : a play Helen Very well, perhaps it is. But it isn’t my game. We can’t play it together. We part company tonight. Edward Helen, you don’t know what you’re saying. Helen Yes, I do....- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 20 of The awakening : a play Helen! Mrs. Ray Helen Yes, Mother. Mrs. Ray Has everybody gone? Helen Yes, Mother. Mrs. Ray Then come up, dear. Helen In a few minutes, mother. Mrs. Ray Is anything the matter?...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 21 of The awakening : a play Helen Is anyone there? (There is a sound again and a man appears in the doorway. He is dressed in clothes that are wrinkled and dirty.’ He stands in the shadow and...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 22 of The awakening : a play Helen No, but I’ve read about some of the things that hap¬ pen there, the way the white people keep the Negroes on the plantations in debt and then the lynchings. Smith...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 23 of The awakening : a play Smith No’tin, aint I tellin’ yo’ I didn’t touch der gal. Got one er my own. But dev cum ter my house and ordered me out an’ I jes wouldn’t go* Who...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 24 of The awakening : a play be in it. But I had gone a good stretch an’ purty soon I heard der dogs. Eber heard bloodhounds? (Helen shakes her head.) Dey aint bad dogs, but dey sure is...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 25 of The awakening : a play (Smith’s head drops and he turns to follow the sheriff but they both are confronted by Helen tvho stands in the doorway) Helen Leave that man alone, you’ve no right to enter...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 26 of The awakening : a play Jones (With a little laugh) Lynched, why, he’ll get a fair trial all right. Helen A fair trial in Georgia! Jones (Menacingly) See here, you’d better drop this sort of gab with...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 27 of The awakening : a play Smith Yas, sail. Jones And my prisoner. Officer (to sheriff) Go slowly, man. Caesar Smith is a prisoner of the State and as such I place him under arrest. (Puts his hand...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 28 of The awakening : a play- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 29 of The awakening : a play ACT II. Scene: The headquarters of the Caldwell Branch of the N.A.A.C.P. A bare room furnished with a desk, a typewriter, tables and chairs. Literature of the Associa¬ tion is on a...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 30 of The awakening : a play Thelma Isn’t it wonderful, Helen, the way the money is coming in. Helen Yes, it’s all the Smith case, don’t you think? Mrs. Carter (Looking up from her desk) It’s you, Helen,...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 31 of The awakening : a play Mrs. Carter Good! His Girl (Opening her pocketbook and taking out a dollar bill) Here’s my money (taking oat anotlief bill) and here’s Jimmy’s. Mrs. Carter (To Jimmy) I’m glad you have...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 32 of The awakening : a play Helen That’s great. Miss Norton Isn’t it? I am especially proud of all my judges. I have three of them, and they all said they were only too glad to join. You...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 33 of The awakening : a play Helen You’ll find them all there, and the money will go to headquarters to-morrow. Miss Norton I am sure it will. There is nothing like the woman who isn’t supposed to know...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 34 of The awakening : a play Fannie Landers Is dis de office ob de Natural Association? Mrs. Carter Yes, this is the office. Fannie Landers Is you de gal what took pity on dat po’ man? Mrs. Carter...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 35 of The awakening : a play Portly Man What do I get when I die? Mrs. Carter (Enquiringly) What do you get when you die? Portly Man Yes, Ma’am. What do I get when I die? Mrs. Carter...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 36 of The awakening : a play hurrying in. They are all lieutenants and are full of a pleasant bustle. Mrs. Allen and Mr. Campbell go to Mrs. Carter and Mrs. Boyd and Mr. Duncan to Helen.) Mrs. Allen...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 37 of The awakening : a play Helen Now you’ll have to keep on each getting the same number. It’ll be one hundred soon. Mrs. Boyd Then I’ll have to give up my baby. I only meet him once...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 38 of The awakening : a play on this young man. You two were too thick though, I reckon to last. (Helen turns to her work and says nothing.) Mr. Duncan I have a great admiration for Edward Marston,...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 39 of The awakening : a play Mr. Campbell Thelma handing them literature as they go out of door.) Well, I m off. (The four who came in go out together, Thelma I ought to go too, oughtn’t I,...- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923
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Image 40 of The awakening : a play Rev. Todd (To Helen in a low tone) I’ve seen a good deal of a certain young gentleman lately and I don’t like to think that you are of an unforgiving nature....- Contributor: Ovington, Mary White
- Date: 1923