Mandingo | |
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Written by | Jack Kirkland |
Characters | Mede Hammond Maxwell Warren Maxwell Blanche Maxwell Ellen |
Date premiered | May 22, 1961 |
Place premiered | Lyceum Theatre |
Original language | English |
Genre | Fiction |
Setting | Antebellum South |
Mandingo is an American theatrical play written by Jack Kirkland and based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Kyle Onstott. The novel was later made into a 1975 film by Paramount Pictures.
An African slave is trained to fight other slaves on an antebellum Southern plantation.