Bad Man

Bad Man

The Play Bad Man is a puzzling play. There are several reasons why this play is so puzzling. For starters that you have a character named Thea, who is feared by the entire Sawmill Camp and has been a major part of physical conflict. He is also a murder who later becomes a hero. The unique conception of forming a villain into a hero was phenomenal. Even though Thea had a lifetime of devilish acts, for the final day of his life his performance was sanctified. The lesson taught in this play is that there is good in all of us. You just have to find the key to release it. In Thea’s case Maybell was his key.

Booker T. Washington

December 11, 2001

Dr. Hay

Type of Play: Black Folk Play of 1920

The Deacon’s Awakening

The Deacon’s Awakening is a movement reflective play. It reflects the effects that the movement brought on families. In this play the amendment was passed for women to vote. The play illustrates a small portion of what the women of our nation had to go through to vote. Not only did women have to break through barriers of the land, but also of the man. We have to understand as people that we have came a long way as far as our social standings