A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity is Suzan-Lori Parks latest riff on the way we are defined by history. The play tells the story of Lincoln and Booth, two brothers whose names were given to them as a joke, foretelling a lifetime of sibling rivalry and resentment. Haunted by the past, the brothers are forced to confront the shattering reality of their future. Suzan-Lori Parks is the author of numerous plays, including In the Blood and Venus . She is currently head of the A.S.K. Theater Projects Writing for Performance Program at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1559362014
ISBN-13
9781559362016
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1893217
Product Key Features
Book Title
Topdog/Underdog (TCG Edition)
Author
Suzan-Lori Parks
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
American / African American, American / General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2001
Genre
Drama, Social Science
Number of Pages
112 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.4in
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
5.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3566.A736t66 2001
Reviews
'Exhilarating, funny but also devastatingly sad, presenting a vivid microcosm of both family relationships and the black experience in America today'