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Soot and Spit

Soot and Spit
Soot and Spit
What drives a single person to create nearly 20,000 works of art? Celebrating the life of James Castle, one of America's great outsider artists, Our Voices presents the world premiere of acclaimed playwright Charles Mee's Soot and Spit. Born profoundly deaf, Castle never learned to read, write, sign or speak. His art was his language. Bringing his world to life through bluegrass, dance, and multi-media displays of his works, soot and spit enables its audience to experience the "other"- and rejoice in the unquenchable creativity of the human spirit.
Branch, Boyd
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Branch, Boyd
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Branch, Boyd (2017) Soot and Spit.

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Abstract

What drives a single person to create nearly 20,000 works of art? Celebrating the life of James Castle, one of America's great outsider artists, Our Voices presents the world premiere of acclaimed playwright Charles Mee's Soot and Spit. Born profoundly deaf, Castle never learned to read, write, sign or speak. His art was his language. Bringing his world to life through bluegrass, dance, and multi-media displays of his works, soot and spit enables its audience to experience the "other"- and rejoice in the unquenchable creativity of the human spirit.

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Published date: 14 May 2017

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Local EPrints ID: 507998
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/507998
PURE UUID: 4e7fcef3-0438-4c40-b0b5-7adc31aceccd
ORCID for Boyd Branch: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3166-4358

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Date deposited: 09 Jan 2026 17:40
Last modified: 10 Jan 2026 05:18

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