Bandanna
Land (1908)
Production still from Bandanna Land, 1908
Jesse A. Shipp (Book, Lyrics)
Alex Rogers (Book, Lyrics)
Will Marion Cook (Music)
3 February – 18 April, 1908
The third and final Williams and Walker production on Broadway, about a real estate scam by Black people to move into a white neighbourhood and cause such a disturbance that their neighbours buy back their homes at twice the price. Skunkton Bowser, a performer who does one-night-stands with a minstrel show, inherits $25,000 as a bequest from his father's former owner. His educated friend, Bud Jenkins, appoints himself as guardian of Bowser and creates a park for African Americans called "Bandanna Land." Jenkins assists in selling the park to a railroad company that does not like the presence of the African Americans. Despite Jenkins, Bowser is determined to receive his fair share of the profits of the sale.
Alex Rogers (Book, Lyrics)
Will Marion Cook (Music)
3 February – 18 April, 1908
The third and final Williams and Walker production on Broadway, about a real estate scam by Black people to move into a white neighbourhood and cause such a disturbance that their neighbours buy back their homes at twice the price. Skunkton Bowser, a performer who does one-night-stands with a minstrel show, inherits $25,000 as a bequest from his father's former owner. His educated friend, Bud Jenkins, appoints himself as guardian of Bowser and creates a park for African Americans called "Bandanna Land." Jenkins assists in selling the park to a railroad company that does not like the presence of the African Americans. Despite Jenkins, Bowser is determined to receive his fair share of the profits of the sale.
