Overview
Character Name
Billie Holiday
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult
Role Size
Lead
Voice
Mezzo-Soprano
Time & Place
About midnight in a small bar in south Philadelphia in 1959
Analysis
Billie Holliday feels at home performing at Emerson’s Bar and Grill. She is up-beat and joyous as she sings her favorite songs and tells stories and jokes about her life. The play depicts Billie when she’s 44 years old. Billie has had a lot of hardship in her life such as
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