This is an accepted version of this page The Nigger is a play by American playwright Edward Sheldon (1886–1946).
[1] It explores the relationship between blacks and whites in the melodrama of a politician faced with a sudden, personal dilemma.
The play was first performed on Broadway in New York City at the New Theatre on December 4, 1909.
[2] The play was adapted to a novel, and a film adaptation, directed by Edgar Lewis, was made in 1915.
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