Production

School-Time Performance: Escape to Freedom

November 16 – 19, 1976


Production Language English
Country of Origin United States
Description Grades 3-9. Escape to Freedom tells the exctiing story of young Frederick Douglass's early life -- his years as a slave, his struggle to achieve literacy despite its prohibition to slaves, his burning desire to be free, and his hair-raising, successful escape. This great human story written by Ossie Davis is told with warmth, humor, and style to the accompaniment of pulsating traditional music.
Identifier 1976f.01877