The Niggerlovers

{{Short description|1967 play by George Tabori}}

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| name = The Niggerlovers

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| caption = James Spruill (Freckles), top left, Morgan Freeman (Creampuff), top right, Stacy Keach, center, Viveca Lindfors, bottom, 1967

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| music = George Tabori

| lyrics = George Tabori

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| characters = Freckles, Creampuff

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| premiere = 1967

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| orig_lang = English

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The Niggerlovers was a 1967 play and featured the debut of Morgan Freeman; the original New York version starred Freeman, Stacy Keach and Viveca Lindfors.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/10/02/archives/theater-taboris-niggerlovers-a-play-of-question-two-sketches.html|title=Theater: Tabori's 'Niggerlovers,' a Play of Question; Two Sketches Bridged by Common Theme Viveca Lindfors Seen With Stacy Keach|first=Clive|last=Barnes|work=The New York Times |date=October 2, 1967|via=NYTimes.com}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/theater/20webe.html|title=Driving Mr. Freeman Back Onstage|first=Bruce|last=Weber|work=The New York Times |date=April 20, 2008|via=NYTimes.com}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/25/theater/morgan-freeman-looks-at-acting.html|title=MORGAN FREEMAN LOOKS AT ACTING|first=Nan|last=Robertson|work=The New York Times |date=May 25, 1987|via=NYTimes.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/creative.php?showid=328056|title=The Niggerlovers - 1967 Off-Broadway - Creative Team|website=www.broadwayworld.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/p15932coll8/id/57493/|title=p. 15|website=content.wisconsinhistory.org}}