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The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World...
by Suzan-lori Parks

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Highlights

5

Female

6

Male
75 mins Role(s) for Black Actor(s) Unit Set/Multiple Settings

Synopsis

A woman tries to feed her husband a fried drumstick.

Dragons roam a flat earth.

The last Black man in the whole entire world dies again.

And again.

Careening through memory and language, Parks explores and explodes archetypes of Black America with piercing insight and raucous comedy.

A riotous theatrical event, The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World hums with the heartbeat of improvisational jazz.

Press Reviews

"Haunting! Weaves a woozy spell."

— Variety

"Uncompromising, strenuous and stylistically daring."

— Newsday

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780573706264
ISBN-10 0573706263

The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World... is a play written by Suzan-lori Parks and published by Samuel French .

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Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)

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