The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
In 1940, author Richard Wright turns to Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paul Green to help adapt his best-selling book, Native Son, into a Broadway play. Days from opening night, they differ over a single page of the script.
Ratings
Rotten Tomatoes93%
TMDB10/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Shaun DozierDirector
- Lenora Zenzalai HelmOriginal Music Composer
- Ian L. FinleyScreenplay
- James A. HodgeScreenplay
Cast
- J. Mardrice HendersonRichard Wright
- David zum BrunnenPaul Green
- Derrick IveyRay Collins
- Brandon HaynesCanada Lee/Bigger Thomas
- J. Antoine HendrickYoung Richard Wright
- Dena KonkelJanet Green
- Josephine HallNell Harrison
- Charlie CannonOrson Welles
- Lex WilsonWalter Ash
- Alexa YeamesJean Rosenthal
- Annie McElroyAnne Burr
- Calliope GeorgeEllen Wright
Stills
Themes
chicago, illinoisbased on true storyracismwriterbroadway theatre1940snative sonchapel hill, north carolina