The Nigger
Template:Short description Template:Italic title {{#invoke:other uses|otheruses}} Template:Pp-semi-indef Template:Use mdy dates The Nigger is a play by American playwright Edward Sheldon (1886–1946).<ref>The Nigger; IBDb.com</ref> It explores the relationship between blacks and whites in the melodrama of a politician faced with a sudden, personal dilemma. The play was first performed on Broadway in New York City at the New Theatre on December 4, 1909.<ref>Anthony Slide, American Racist: The Life and Films of Thomas Dixon (University Press of Kentucky, 2004), p65</ref> The play was adapted to a novel, and a film adaptation, directed by Edgar Lewis, was made in 1915.<ref>novelguide.com</ref> Because the title was controversial, the film was released in some markets as The Governor or The New Governor.