James Baldwin's Blues for Mister Charlie is a hard play for a white man to take. Brutally and sometimes eloquently, it tells every white man how much every Negro hates him, and enough of them have stayed away from the ANTA Theater to put Mister Charlie in imminent danger of folding.
But two young matrons who saw the play last week were so moved that they rushed backstage after the final curtain and donated $5,000 apiece on the spot to keep Charlie going. One was Mrs. William J. Strawbridge Jr., 25; the other...
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