Melvin B. Tolson - Three One-Act Plays

Melvin B. Tolson

Three One-Act Plays

Typescripts from the Writings File
of the Melvin B. Tolson Archives

at the Library of Congress
Washington D.C.

“Transfiguration Springs”

from

Upper Boulders in the Sun

from

The Oklahoma Golden Anniversary Play

…“Transfiguration Springs,” revolves around a native white Virginian on an Oklahoma ranch who refuses the offer of his black neighbor to share his water supply during a drought. Rather than accept a favor from a black man, he steals his water, and his attitude changes only when his neighbor rescues the white man’s wife from a dangerous situation. — from Melvin B. Tolson by Joy Flasch