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CAST
(in order of appearance)
Miss Sadie Delany...Gloria Foster
Dr. Bessie Delany... Mary Alice

Setting
Tim:February 1993
Place: Mount Vernon, New York
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The Delany sisters have had an amazing journey though the past 105 years. The brakets, at least so far, are:
1889- Sadie is born.
1891- Bessie is born.
1991- Amy Hill Hearth follows her instinct and her heart to the Delany sisters' doorstep in Mt. Vernon, New York, on assignment for The New York Times.
1991- Her article, "Two 'Maiden Ladies' with Century-Old Stories to Tell" appears on September 22.
1991- People at Kodansha America publishers read the article and invite Amy and the sisters to do a book.
1993- Having Our Say, The Delany Sisters First 100 Years, is published. Sadie and Bessie, at 104 and 102, talk to the press and enjoy it very much.
1993- By December 7, the book is on the bestseller list, where is remains for 28 weeks.
1993- Producers Cosby and James and writer Emily Mann begin the dramatic process.
1994- Dell Publishers reseases the paperback. It enters the paperback bestseller list at No. 8, jumps to No. 3, and remains on the bestseller list into 1995.
1993- [italics] Having Our Say, a play of the century enjoys a hugely successful run at Princeton's McCarter Theater on its way to Broadway
-Camille O. Cosby, Judith Rutherford James

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