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James Purdy
Southern Promises
by Thomas Bradshaw
Highlights
What readers are saying
Readers have mixed feelings about the play, with some finding it lacking depth and maturity. While a few appreciate its exploration of complex themes related to slavery, others feel it relies too heavily on shock value without meaningful purpose.
Explores complex themesStrong moments of conflictLacks depth and maturityRelies on shock value
Synopsis
Drama / Characters: 6m 2f with doubling / Simple Set / When the master of the plantation dies he wills his slaves to be freed but his wife doesn't think that good property should be squandered.
Pandemonium ensues.
The play is inspired by the true story of Henry Box Brown who escaped to the north by mailing himself in a box.
Southern Promises provides a unique portrait of the old south.
Bradshaw was named Playwright of the year by the theater blog KUL-That Sounds Cool and Southern Promises wa
Press Reviews
"Slowly, almost single-handedly, a twenty-eight-year-old black playwright named Thomas Bradshaw has been taking on the idea of race in the theatre. At the same time, he has sliced open the pretensions of the white avant-garde with a wittily glistening axe. In his new play, Southern Promises, one can catch a glimpse of Bradshaw's anarchic gifts."
— The New Yorker
"It's a striking, challenging piece that studies the abuse of power and the liquidity of morality."
— NYTheatre.com
"Likely to leave you speechless."
— The New York Times
"Thomas Bradshaw's deeply twisted, coolly brutal period drama Southern Promises."
— Village Voice
Publication
PublisherSamuel French
Year2010
BindingPaperback
EditionSamuel French Acting ed.
Pages56
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780573697340
ISBN-100573697345
LCCN2012532720
LCCMLCS 2013/43096 (P)
Southern Promises is a American historical play written by Thomas Bradshaw and published by Samuel French (2010).
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Samuel French Acting ed.
Samuel French · 2010 · 56 pp
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