The Disposal
William Inge
A Lesson Before Dying
by Romulus Linney, Ernest J. Gaines
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THE STORY: Jefferson, an innocent young man, is condemned to death in backwoods Louisiana in 1948.
At the trial his lawyer, trying to save his life, called him no more a human being than a hog.
In prison, he acts like one, insisting that he will be
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"Rousing theatre for sure.” —New York Magazine. ”The story's wrenching power lies not in its outrage but in the almost inexplicable grace the characters must muster as their only resistance to being treated like lesser beings.“ —The New Yorker. ”Irresistible momentum and a cathartic explosion…a powerful inevitability. —The New York Times. “A lesson in the transformative power of theatre.” —Time Out New York. ”LESSON is easily the most powerful play to come from Alabama Shakespeare Festival's Southern Writers' Project…It is a palpable treasure for its audience."
— Montgomery Advertiser
Publication
Publisher Dramatists Play Service
Year 2001
Binding Paperback
Edition 60800th
Pages 72
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822217855
ISBN-10 0822217856
LCCN 2001281548
LCC PS3562.I55 L47 2001
DCC 812/.54
A Lesson Before Dying is a American historical play written by Romulus Linney and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (2001).
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