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The First Breeze of Summer on Video - 1976

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A complex and emotional drama, this "…touching and terrifying…wonderfully moving" play deals with the conflicts between a stern, hard-working father and his two discontented sons (New York Times). It also tells the story of the man's now-elderly mother who recalls, through flashbacks, her youthful affairs with three different men who loved and abandoned her. Stars Frances Foster (Crooklyn) and Emmy-nominee Moses Gunn (Roots, Ragtime).

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Starring:
Ethel Ayler

Charles Brown

Bebe Drake

Frances Foster

Moses Gunn

Studio: Broadway Theater Archive, Kultur Video

Filmed: 1976 - Released: 1976

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