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The Great White Hope: Directed by Martin Ritt. With James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Lou Gilbert, Joel Fluellen. A Black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.
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- Drama, Romance, Sport
- Martin Ritt
- 1970-10-16
The play was first produced by Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., and debuted on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre in October 1968, directed by Edwin Sherin with James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander in the lead roles. The play won the 1969 Tony Award for Best Play and the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
- Howard Sackler
- 1967
Meet the original Broadway cast of The Great White Hope on Broadway, and find out who was in the Original Cast, what parts they played and more.
William Reynolds. Lawrence Turman. Lionel Newman. Howard Sackler. A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.
Sep 10, 2024 · The Great White Hope premiered at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., in December 1967 with James Earl Jones as Jefferson and Jane Alexander as Eleanor. It then opened on Broadway with Jones and Alexander, where it ran for 546 performances.
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Feb 25, 2021 · In The Great White Hope, black boxer Jack Jefferson—a name change borne out of legal concerns—becomes so successful that a fight is set up between Jefferson and the reigning heavyweight...
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Howard Sackler's play The Great White Hope centered around Jack Jefferson, a fictionalized version of Jack Johnson, the first black world's heavyweight boxing champion. Johnson was a proud, articulate man who refused to be less than he was to please white people.
