Lulu Belle (musical)

Lulu Belle is a hit 1926 musical directed by David Belasco. Spencer Williams was involved in the production of an adaptation with an African American cast. The 1948 film Lulu Belle was also adapted from the original musical.

The play was written by Edward Sheldon and Charles MacArthur. The four-act play is set in San Juan Hill (an African American section on Manhattan's west side), Harlem, and Paris.^[1] One of the settings is a fictional Harlem nightclub called Elite Grotto.^[2]

The lead roles of Lulu Belle and George Randall were portrayed by Lenore Ulric and Henry Hull in blackface.^[3]

References[]

^ League, The Broadway. "Lulu Belle – Broadway Play – Original | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
^ Marra, Kim; Schanke, Robert A. (2002). Staging Desire: Queer Readings of American Theater History. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-06749-7.
^ "Lulu Belle". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2021-04-14.

External links[]

Lulu Belle at the Internet Broadway Database

[1] League, The Broadway. "Lulu Belle – Broadway Play – Original | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved 2021-04-14.

[2] Marra, Kim; Schanke, Robert A. (2002). Staging Desire: Queer Readings of American Theater History. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-06749-7.

[3] "Lulu Belle". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2021-04-14.

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