I was pleased to find this online while researching something else entirely.
Roger Guenveur Smith’s "Frederick Douglass NOW" – a monologue performance inspired by the life and work of abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
A work that Smith has performed for about 20 years now, speaking of contemporary remixes of styles and stories, it comprises of edited piece of Douglass’ 19th Century texts, mixed into Smith’s own original writing, to produce what I’d describe as an edgy, stylistic, jazz-infused narrative mash-up that could very well be the blueprint for a potentially exciting feature-length screenplay.
Originally commissioned at the La MaMa…
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