Name: Dutchman and the Slave
ISBN: 9780688210847

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Why This Clicks

Theatre in Collision

Two plays meet racial conflict with blunt language, anger, and a forceful presence in American theatre.

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Black theatre confronting the Negro-white conflict
Plays whose ideas invite serious discussion

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Shocking language and honest anger
A sharp fit for study or performance

Book Details

Authors: Leroi Jones
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: January 1, 1971
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: African American Plays · Playwriting
Reading lane: African American Plays

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American Plays
African American Plays
Plays by Women
U.S. State & Local History

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19th-Century America
20th-Century America
21st-Century America
African American Studies

About This Book

" Dutchman is designed to shock—its basic idea, its language and its murderous rage." — New York Times Centered squarely on the Negro-white conflict, both Dutchman and The Slave are shocking plays—in ideas, in language, in honest anger. They illuminate as with a flash of lightning a deadly serious problem—and they bring an eloquent and exceptionally powerful voice to the American theatre. Dutchman opened in New York City on March 24, 1964, to perhaps the most excited acclaim...

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" Dutchman is designed to shock—its basic idea, its language and its murderous rage." — New York Times Centered squarely on the Negro-white conflict, both Dutchman and The Slave are shocking plays—in ideas, in language, in honest anger. They illuminate as with a flash of lightning a deadly serious problem—and they bring an eloquent and exceptionally powerful voice to the American theatre. Dutchman opened in New York City on March 24, 1964, to perhaps the most excited acclaim ever accorded an off-Broadway production and shortly thereafter received the Village Voice's Obie Award. The Slave, which was produced off-Broadway the following fall, continues to be the subject of heated critical controversy.