The Green Pastures
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The Green Pastures is a Pulitzer Prize–winning 1930 play by Marc Connelly that reimagines biblical stories through the perspective of African American characters in the rural American South.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Green Pastures | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
play
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theatrical work ⓘ |
| adaptedInto | The Green Pastures (1936 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Marc Connelly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Pulitzer Prize for Drama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1930 ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Old Testament
NERFINISHED
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biblical stories ⓘ |
| contains |
choral scenes
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musical elements ⓘ |
| controversy | criticized later for racial stereotyping ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widely acclaimed in the 1930s ⓘ |
| depicts |
God
NERFINISHED
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biblical prophets ⓘ heaven ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | three-act play ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector |
Marc Connelly
NERFINISHED
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William Keighley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1930 ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy drama
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religious drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
community and spirituality
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faith ⓘ morality ⓘ race and religion in America ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Green Pastures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the earliest widely successful Broadway plays centered on Black religious life ⓘ |
| influencedBy | African American spirituals ⓘ |
| languageRegister | African American vernacular English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | stage ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | reimagining of biblical stories ⓘ |
| notableFor |
African American vernacular reinterpretation of the Old Testament
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all-Black cast in a Broadway biblical drama ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| perspective | African American characters ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereVenue | Vanderbilt Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 1930 ⓘ |
| productionType | Broadway play ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1929 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar & Rinehart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| PulitzerPrize | Pulitzer Prize for Drama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | rural American South ⓘ |
| structure | series of vignettes ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
African American religious experience
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Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ Christian theology ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century American South ⓘ |
| writer | Marc Connelly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Green Pastures