Dutchman is a play written by playwright Amiri Baraka, then known as LeRoi Jones. Dutchman was first presented at the Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village, New York City, in March 1964. The play, which won an Obie Award, was made into a film in 1967, starring Shirley Knight and Al Freeman Jr. and was directed by Anthony Harvey, who wrote the screenplay adaptation. John Barry wrote the score. Although not shown widely, the film was critically well-received and was nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, where Shirley Knight received the Volpi Cup for best actress. Dutchman may be described as a political allegory depicting black and white relations during the time Baraka wrote it in the 1960s.