The First Breeze of Summer

The First Breeze of Summer

Jan. 28, 1976

A portrait of an African American working-class family, this stage production depicts an elderly grandmother's flashbacks to the affairs she had as a young woman and a hard-working father's current conflict with his two unhappy sons.

The First Breeze of Summer

Jan. 28, 1976

The First Breeze of Summer
A portrait of an African American working-class family, this stage production depicts an elderly grandmother's flashbacks to the affairs she had as a young woman and a hard-working father's current conflict with his two unhappy sons.
Producers Public Broadcasting Service, KQED
Original title The First Breeze of Summer
Directors
Writers Leslie Lee

Cast

Ethel Ayler

as Hattie

Charles Brown

as Nate Edwards

Bebe Drake

as Gloria Townes

Frances Foster

as Gremmar

Moses Gunn

as Milton Edwards

Janet League

as Lucretia

Barbara Montgomery

as Aunt Edna

Lou Myers

as Reverend Mosely

Petronia

as Hope

Reyno

as Lou Edwards