The America Play, And Other Works
by Suzan-lori Parks
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Readers appreciate the creativity and vivid imagery in this collection of plays by Suzan-Lori Parks. Many find the works to be complex and thought-provoking, often requiring deeper reflection and performance to fully grasp their themes. Despite some challenges in reading the texts, the overall impression is that Parks' writing is innovative and essential in the landscape of contemporary theatre.
Synopsis
"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
Press Reviews
"Is there a more generous, compelling talent on either side of the Atlantic than Suzan-Lori Parks? She's the natural heir to Beckett (and the only playwright worthy of the accolade)…Within the dramatist's playfulness and punning and Joycean delight in language—between the spoken lines, in a startling fresh image or the ricocheting echo of a gunshot—is an entire, tragic universe. She has written the most staggering American play imaginable."
— New York Observer
Publication
The America Play, And Other Works is a American play written by Suzan-lori Parks and published by Theatre Communications in New York (1994).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play (eISBN 9781559367363).
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Theatre Communications · 1994 · 224 pp
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