The Problem of the Hero
In 1940, author Richard Wright turns to Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paul Green to help adapt his best-selling book, Native Son, into a Broadway play. Days from opening night, they differ over a single page of the script.
Cast
J. Mardrice Henderson
Richard Wright
David zum Brunnen
Paul Green
Derrick Ivey
Ray Collins
Brandon Haynes
Canada Lee/Bigger Thomas
J. Antoine Hendrick
Young Richard Wright
Dena Konkel
Janet Green
Josephine Hall
Nell Harrison
Charlie Cannon
Orson Welles
Lex Wilson
Walter Ash
Alexa Yeames
Jean Rosenthal
