Mandingo (play)

Mandingo
Written byJack Kirkland
CharactersMede
Hammond Maxwell
Warren Maxwell
Blanche Maxwell
Ellen
Date premieredMay 22, 1961 (1961-05-22)
Place premieredLyceum Theatre
Original languageEnglish
GenreFiction
SettingAntebellum South

Mandingo is an American theatrical play written by Jack Kirkland and based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Kyle Onstott. The cast of the Broadway production included Dennis Hopper, Brooke Hayward, Franchot Tone, Rockne Tarkington, and Georgia Burke. The story was made into a film by Paramount Pictures in 1975, directed by Richard Fleischer.