Editing Native Son (section)

=== On stage ===
[[File:Canada-Lee-Native-Son-1941.jpg|thumb|[[Canada Lee]] as [[Bigger Thomas]] in the original Broadway production of ''[[Native Son (play)|Native Son]]'' (1941), produced and directed by [[Orson Welles]]]]
''Native Son'' was adapted for the stage by Wright and [[Paul Green (playwright)|Paul Green]], with some conflict between the authors affecting the project.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=m7vUgQc_TpkC&pg=PA156 Hazel Rowley, "Backstage and Onstage: The Drama of ''Native Son''"], in Harold Bloom (ed.), ''Richard Wright's "Native Son"'', Infobase Publishing, 2009, pp. 155–71.</ref> The [[Native Son (play)|initial production]], directed by [[Orson Welles]] and with [[Canada Lee]] as Bigger, opened at the [[St. James Theatre]] on March 24, 1941.<ref>[http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=1089 "Native Son"], IBDB.</ref>

The book was newly adapted and directed again by Kent Gash (in conjunction with the Paul Green Foundation) for Intiman Theatre in [[Seattle, Washington]], in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Intiman Theatre tackles "Native Son," the classic novel of race and rage {{!}} The Seattle Times |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20061022&slug=native22 |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=archive.seattletimes.com}}</ref> The production, featuring [[Ato Essandoh]] as Bigger Thomas, was a more literal translation of the book than the 1941 version and was a critical success.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Over the Map {{!}} TheaterMania |url=https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/all-over-the-map_9263.html |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=www.theatermania.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2014, a stage adaptation by [[Nambi E. Kelley]] played the [[Court Theatre (Chicago)|Court Theatre]] in Chicago with Jerod Haynes starring as Bigger Thomas. Directed by Seret Scott, the show was the highest grossing straight play in the theatre's 60-year history, went on to win multiple awards, and has had celebrated productions across the country, most notably at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut. The play can be purchased through Samuel French Publications.<ref>[http://www.broadwayworld.com/chicago/article/Court-Theatre-American-Blues-Theater-Extend-NATIVE-SON-20140918 "Court Theatre & American Blues Theater Extend NATIVE SON"], BroadwayWorld.com, September 18, 2014.</ref><ref>Chris Jones, [http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/reviews/ct-ent-0922-native-son-review-20140923-story.html "Review: 'Native Son' at Court Theatre"], ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', September 23, 2014.</ref>