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Douglas Turner Ward

Douglas Turner Ward (May 5, 1930) is an American playwright, actor, director and theatrical producer best known as a founder and artistic director of the Negro Ensemble Company (NEC). Turner was born in Burnside, Louisiana. In 1967, he was one of the founders of the Negro Ensemble Company and served for manyyears as its artistic director. As an actor, he made his Broadway debut in a small role in A Raisin in the Sun. However, his first significant artistic achievement would be as a playwright. Happy Ending/Day of Absence, a program of two one-act plays premiered at the St. Mark's Playhouse in Manhattan on November 15, 1965 and ran for 504 performances. Ward received a Drama DeskAward for his playwrighting. (Source: []) Plays: Links: [] [] []
 * The Redeemer
 * Day of Absence
 * Brotherhood
 * The Reckoning
 * Happy Ending