The First Breeze of Summer

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Overview

A portrait of an African American working-class family, this stage production depicts an elderly grandmother's flashbacks to the affairs she had as a young woman and a hard-working father's current conflict with his two unhappy sons.

Cast: Ethel Ayler, Charles Brown, Bebe Drake, Frances Foster, Moses Gunn, more

Genres: Drama

Cast

Ethel Ayler

Hattie

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Charles Brown

Nate Edwards

Bebe Drake

Gloria Townes

Frances Foster

Gremmar

Moses Gunn

Milton Edwards

Janet League

Lucretia

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Barbara Montgomery

Aunt Edna

Lou Myers

Reverend Mosely

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Petronia

Hope

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Reyno

Lou Edwards

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