The Blacks: A Clown Show
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0802150284
ISBN 13
9780802150288
Category
Scripts
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Publication Year
1994
Publisher
Pages
128
Description
Drama | Full Length
9M/5F
This amazing symbolic drama probes the baffling enigma of reality and appearance. In a play within a play, accused black players reenact the ritualistic murder of a white before a jury of white-masked blacks who represent in caricature a missionary bishop, an island governor general, a haughty queen and her dwarf lackey. When they have played out their weird and gruesome crime, they turn on their judges and condemn them to death. Then, with polite adieux to the spectators, they dance the Mozart minuet with which the play began.
9M/5F
This amazing symbolic drama probes the baffling enigma of reality and appearance. In a play within a play, accused black players reenact the ritualistic murder of a white before a jury of white-masked blacks who represent in caricature a missionary bishop, an island governor general, a haughty queen and her dwarf lackey. When they have played out their weird and gruesome crime, they turn on their judges and condemn them to death. Then, with polite adieux to the spectators, they dance the Mozart minuet with which the play began.
Number of Copies
1
