The Sty of the Blind Pig

1 hr 28 min | Digital Archive, Plays | 1974

Originally produced in 1971 by the incomparable Negro Ensemble Company, and hailed by Time Magazine as one of the best plays of the year, Dean’s powerful drama is about an uprooted Black family living in Chicago, just before the civil rights movement begins to burgeon.

Originally produced in 1971 by the incomparable Negro Ensemble Company, and hailed by Time Magazine as one of the best plays of the year, Dean’s powerful drama is about an uprooted Black family living in Chicago, just before the civil rights movement begins to burgeon.

Details

Actor
Mary Alice, Scatman Crothers, Maidie Norman, Richard Ward
Director
Ivan Dixon
Writer
Phillip Hayes Dean
Producer
George Turpin