The Meeting (play)
| The Meeting | |
|---|---|
| Original language | English |
| Written by | Jeff Stetson |
| Characters | Martin Luther King Jr. Malcolm X |
| Genre | Drama |
| Premiere | |
| Date | 1987 |
| Place | Harlem, New York City, New York |
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.[1][2] The play was later televised on American Playhouse in 1989.[3][4]
Reception
[edit]The Meeting won a Louis B. Mayer Award and eight 1987 NAACP Theatre Awards.[1] It has been performed throughout Europe, the United States and in Nairobi.[1]
Performance History
[edit]A 1987 performance was reviewed by The New York Times.[5]. A 1989 and later 1990's performance in Chicago starred Harry Lennix.[6]
Actual meeting
[edit]In reality, the two men only met once, while both were in Washington, D.C. to watch the Senate debates regarding the (eventual) passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.[7] On March 26, 1964, they briefly spoke with each other as they walked through the United States Senate together for about a minute.[7]
In popular culture
[edit]The play was parodied by the sketch comedy show, Key and Peele, Peele playing King and Key playing Malcolm X.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Play Will Portray Meeting Of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X". Chicago Tribune. February 2, 1992.
- ↑ Tommney, Jim (January 31, 2014). "The Meeting Imagines a Meeting of Length Between Martin Luther King and Malcolm X". Houston Press.
- ↑ Mills, Nancy (April 8, 1989). "A 'Meeting' of Minds : Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X: What If . . . ?". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Goodman, Walter (May 3, 1989). "Review/Television; An Imaginary Meeting of Dr. King and Malcolm X". The New York Times.
- ↑ Brucker, D.J.R (April 23, 1987). "STAGE: 'The Meeting'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 1, 2017.
- ↑ Bommer, Lawrence (January 23, 1997). "The Meeting". Archived from the original on December 9, 2021.
- 1 2 Brown, DeNeen L. (January 18, 2014). "Martin Luther King Jr. met Malcolm X just once. The photo still haunts us with what was lost". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
- ↑ "Martin Luther King Jr. vs. Malcolm X at the Theater - Key & Peele". YouTube. January 21, 2020.
External links
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