The America Play and Other Works
- ISBN-10
- 1559367369
- ISBN-13
- 9781559367363
- Category
- Drama
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-10-15
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group
- Author
- Suzan-Lori Parks
Description
"Parks has burst through every known convention to invent a new theatrical language, like a jive Samuel Beckett, while exploding American cultural myths and stereotypes along the way.... She's passionate and jokey and some kind of genius."--Vogue
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