The Meeting | |
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Written by | Jeff Stetson |
Characters |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Malcolm X |
Date premiered | 1987 |
Place premiered | Harlem, New York City, New York |
Original language | English |
Genre | Drama |
The Meeting is a 1987 American play by Jeff Stetson about an imaginary meeting between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X in 1965 in a hotel in Harlem during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. The play was later televised on American Playhouse in 1989.
The Meeting won a Louis B. Mayer Award and eight 1987 NAACP Theatre Awards. It has has been performed throughout Europe and the United States.