CULTURETECHLENSHerald Loomis
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Combined Graph record U-02306 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-1198. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Freedman searching for his wife
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Freedman searching for his wife
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- Also known as: portrayed by Delroy Lindo
- Work type: character
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- Joe Turner's Come and Gone — featured in
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- https://playbill.com/article/on-march-27-1988-august-wilsons-joe-turners-come-and-gone-opened-on-broadway (verification source · master store)
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Herald Loomis is the central character of August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone; the piece centers on Loomis, a man who after serving seven years hard labor journeyed north with his young daughter to a Pittsburgh boarding house; the play opened on Broadway on March 27, 1988 as the second play in Wilson's Century Cycle.
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