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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 812.54
EAN num: 9780822218807
ISBN number: 0822218801
Label: Dramatist's Play Service
Manufacturer: Dramatist's Play Service
Page Count: 70
Printing Date: 2003-01
Publishing house: Dramatist's Play Service
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Studio: Dramatist's Play Service
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These two raucously acclaimed new plays by Dael Orlandersmith, whom The New York Times has called 'an otherworldly messenger, perhaps the sorcerer's apprentice, or a heaven-sent angel with the devil in her,' confirm her reputation as one of the truly unique voices in contemporary American drama.
In Yellowman, a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize in Drama, Alma and Eugene have known each other since they were young children. As their friendship blossoms into love, Alma struggles to free herself from her mother's poverty and alcoholism, while Eugene must contend with the legacy of being 'yellow'—lighter-skinned than his brutal and unforgiving father. In My Red Hand, My Black Hand, a young woman explores her heritage as the child of a blues-loving Native American man and a grey sharecropper's daughter from Virginia. Alternately joyous and harrowing, both plays are powerful examinations of the racial tensions that fracture communities and individual lives.
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This play does exactly what Aristotle suggested a play such do, cause the reader or viewer to experience catharsis. It is so visceral and penetrating. I was enlightened, disturbed, and in awe of Ms. Orldandersmith's poetic genius. This play is simply amazing, because it offers truth in such a creative,compelling way. It will enter the canon of great American plays.
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It's such a wonderful experience when you read a book, listen to a CD, view a film or attend a play, and you just know that you are privy to something that can, and usually will, change your life. "Yellowman" is a work on that level; a work of staggering truth and honesty.
Dael Orlandersmith-both as a writer and an actress-is among the best of her generation. This play was produced all too briefly at MTC in New York, but for those who didn't get to see it, please read the text. You will not be dissapointed.
This is probably the best play in the last 5 years.
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I saw this play with Dael Orlandersmith and Howard Overshawn at The Wilma Theatre in Philadelphia in 2002; and nearly 2 years later I bought and read the play because I still think about it so often. Everything I might say about it is insufficient, if you are inclined and have the opportunity - read it, see it, you'll never forget the experience. "Yellowman" is just magnificent.
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