Who is Paul Green?
Paul Green is an American playwright best known for his 1927 play In Abraham’s Bosom. Over the course of his life and career, Paul Green ranged in style from straight-forward moralistic realism to esoteric expressionism. Although not often produced in the modern age, Green remains one of the more influential American playwrights, especially in the area of early expressionism. Green’s work is largely characterized by moral lessons, especially revolving around segregation and racism. In Abraham’s Bosom deals with a man in North Carolina who is of African-American descent, and his troubles in bettering the lives of those around him. It was seen as an astonishingly stark look at the plight of African Americans in the south during the 1920s, and quickly earned him great praise, as well as a Pulitzer Prize for Drama. In the late-1920s, Paul Green traveled to Europe, and there was heavily influenced by the new forms of theatre being created. He was particularly drawn to the Epic theatre of Br
