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Funnyhouse of a Negro

Name: Funnyhouse of a Negro
ISBN: 9780573621666

Adrienne Kennedy

Concord Theatricals Corp. · Paperback · February 11, 2011

Reading lane: African American Plays

Black Lit Crit Black Historical Fiction African American Plays

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At a Glance

Why This Clicks

On Stage

A compact, playful stage piece built for performance and close attention.

Come here for

playful, theatrical immersion
staged language with a sharp comic edge

Expect

lean, sustained reading
theatrical texture over plot

Book Details

Authors: Adrienne Kennedy
Publisher: Concord Theatricals Corp.
Published: February 11, 2011
Format: Paperback
Theme: African American Plays · Black Historical Fiction
Reading lane: African American Plays

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Publisher Categories

African American Plays
Type / Tragedy
Absurdist Fiction

About This Book

Drama Characters: 3 male 5 female Drop & wing Set A Black woman awakens in a phantasmagoric rooming house where she is visited by the Duchess of Hapsburg Queen Victoria Patrice Lumumba and Jesus Christ. Only she and Lumumba are not dressed in white; she has a white fixation and wants to become whiter and whiter. She harangues against her father who gave her a jungle strain and then sold out to white harlotry dreams of returning to Africa to save the continent and hang