Red fox/Second hangin' / a tale written by Don Baker & Dudley Cocke ; produced by Dudley Cocke ; directed by Don Baker ; a production of Appalshop/Roadside Theater.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Baker, Don (Donald H.), author, actor, stage director.

Contributor:

Cocke, Dudley, producer, author.

Roadside Theater (Organization : Whitesburg, Ky.), production company, performer.

Appalshop, Inc., publisher, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Taylor, M. B. (Marshall Benton), 1836-1893--Drama.

Taylor, M. B.

United States marshals--Death--Drama.

United States marshals.

Wise County (Va.)--Drama.

Wise County (Va.).

Genre:

Filmed performances.

Drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (88 minutes)

Other Title:

Red fox

Second hangin'

Second hanging

Place of Publication:

Whitesburg, KY : Appalshop Inc., 1984.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

A film version of Roadside Theater's highly acclaimed play, Red Fox/Second Hangin' is the story of M.B. "Doc" Taylor, called "the Red Fox." Taylor was a red-headed, red-bearded, highly popular preacher, doctor, philosopher, mystic, and U.S. Marshall. His execution, the second in the history of Wise County, Virginia, followed that of a local troublemaker, who -- like Taylor -- had been implicated in murders resulting from a feud that began during the Civil War. The hangings kicked off a law-and-order campaign that Northern speculators considered essential to expanding their coal mining operations in turn-of-the-century Appalachia. Onstage, Roadside Theater actors Gary Slemp, Frankie Taylor, and Don Baker recount this historical tale, adopting different voices and personae, and weaving economic and political tensions into a family saga. The program was recorded before an audience in Carcassonne, Kentucky.

Participant:

Don Baker, Gary Slemp, Frank Taylor.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed September 22, 2025).

OCLC:

1544908917