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The mountaintop / by Katori Hall.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Hall, Katori, author.
- Series:
- L.A. Theatre Works Collection, Volume 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motels--Drama.
- Motels.
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Drama.
- King, Martin Luther.
- Genre:
- Live sound recordings.
- Radio plays.
- Drama.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (65 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- [Venice, California] : L.A. Theatre Works, 2016.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- audio file
- Summary:
- On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated outside of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. What happened inside room 306 on the evening of April 3 is the subject of Katori Hall's The Mountaintop. Hours after King's final speech, punctuated by his immortal line, "I've been to the mountaintop," the celebrated Reverend forms an unlikely friendship with a motel maid as they talk into the early hours of what will be his final day. An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance.
- Participant:
- Aja Naomi King (Camae), Larry Powell (Dr. Martin Luther King).
- Notes:
- Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA, in May of 2016.
- Title from cover image (viewed March 21, 2022).
- Streaming audio files.
- OCLC:
- 962023720
- Publisher Number:
- ASP5202639/rdr2
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