Project Gutenberg 2023-09-12 Public domain in the USA. 90 Torrence, Ridgely 1875 1950 Torrence, Frederic Ridgely Woodseer, John 17024093 Granny Maumee; The rider of dreams; Simon the Cyrenian : $b Plays for a negro theater $aNew York :$bThe Macmillan Company, $c1917. Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Granny Maumee; The Rider of Dreams; Simon the Cyrenian: Plays for a Negro Theater" by Ridgely Torrence is a collection of dramatic works written in the early 20th century. The plays offer a profound exploration of African American experiences and themes, focusing on the lives of their characters against the backdrop of social and cultural issues faced by the Black community. The opening portion specifically introduces Granny Maumee, a blind matriarch, and her family dynamics surrounding the arrival of a newborn, which raises tensions related to racial identity and heritage. At the start of "Granny Maumee," the audience meets Granny Maumee, who prepares her home to welcome a visit from her great-granddaughter Sapphie and her husband, who remain absent. As Pearl, Granny’s great-granddaughter, helps with the preparations, the conversation reveals underlying tensions rooted in Granny Maumee's past—the brutal history of her family during times of racial oppression. This establishes a poignant narrative of legacy and memory, wherein Granny's blind eyes see little of the present but are keenly aware of past traumas, and foreshadows the arrival of Sapphie's child, culminating in surprise and conflict related to the baby's mixed race. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/grannymaumeeride00torriala/page/n5/mode/2up 20220119062836torrence 1917 US Reading ease score: 95.3 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en African Americans -- Drama PS Text Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: American Literature 184407 2025-06-28T09:56:38.528380 text/html 181639 2023-09-12T18:56:31 text/html 321884 2025-06-28T09:56:43.832322 application/epub+zip 322557 2025-06-28T09:56:39.824366 application/epub+zip 144050 2025-06-28T09:56:39.106371 application/epub+zip 421681 2025-06-28T09:56:46.139328 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 399377 2025-06-28T09:56:43.309340 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 119073 2025-06-28T09:56:37.880403 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 119127 2023-09-12T18:56:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17018 2025-06-28T09:56:46.273331 application/rdf+xml 10410 2025-06-28T09:56:39.379353 image/jpeg 1931 2025-06-28T09:56:39.241399 image/jpeg 264108 2023-09-12T18:56:31 application/octet-stream application/zip 272835 2025-06-28T09:56:38.545397 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia