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Gospel at Colonus, The

• 1985 ----- color ----- 88 min ----- vhs
• (Adapted and directed for the stage by Lee Breuer; music composed, arranged and conducted by Bob Telson; with Morgan Freeman, Clarence Fountain and The Five Blind Boys of Alabama, J. J. Farley and The Original Soul Stirrers, The J. D. Steele Singers, and The Institutional Radio Choir) Produced by and in association with the American Music Theater Festival in Philadelphia, The Gospel at Colonus is based on an adaptation of Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus and incorporates passages from both Oedipus Rex and Antigone. While the structure and story of the work is grounded firmly in classical Greek tragedy, the method of story telling is set squarely withing the Black Gospel Church. The audience and the chorus are an active part of the production, participating throughout.
• Topics: (American Ethnic Studies: Afro-American, Drama, Ethnomusicology, Literature, Music, Religions: Christian)

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