Myth, Magic, And Farce: Four Multicultural Plays
Sterling Houston
Sterling Houston is an innovative African American writer whose plays are known for biting social commentary combined with eye-popping theatricality. Despite many successful productions, his work has never before been widely available in print. The four plays in this collection represent Houston’s full range of themes and styles. High Yello Rose deflates the Alamo myth by casting the heroes’ parts entirely with women. Isis in Nubia is a love story that sets the Isis/Osiris myth in West Africa. Black Lily and White Lily is a realistic domestic drama exploring racial tensions. Miranda Rites returns to Houston’s broadly farcical style, enacting Martha Mitchell’s last days in a hospital, where she hallucinates about Marilyn Monroe and Dorothy Dandridge, and is escorted to the underworld by Carmen Miranda.** [C:\Users\Microsoft\Documents\Calibre Library]
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Ano:
2005
Editora:
University of North Texas Press
Idioma:
english
Páginas:
128
ISBN 10:
157441187X
ISBN 13:
9781574411874
Arquivo:
PDF, 848 KB
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english, 2005