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The Red Letter Plays
Suzan-lori Parks
In The Blood
by Suzan-lori Parks
Off-Broadway
Highlights
120 mins Present Day Role(s) for Black Actor(s) Bare Stage/Simple Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American
Awards & Recognition
Pulitzer Prize
Nominee: 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Synopsis
THE STORY: In this modern day riff on The Scarlet Letter , Hester La Negrita, a homeless mother of five, lives with her kids on the tough streets of the inner city.
Her eldest child is teaching her how to read and write, but the letter "A" is, so far, the only letter she knows.
Press Reviews
"Ms. Parks’ writing has grown leaner and hungrier… In the Blood is about the way we live now, and it is truly harrowing… you will leave… feeling pity and terror. And because it is a work of art, you will leave thrilled, even comforted by its mastery.” –The New York Times“Ms. Parks is a beautiful writer and her new play an important one."
— New York Observer
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| Chilli/Jabber Her oldest son |
| Reverend D./Baby Her youngest son |
| The Welfare Lady/Bully Her oldest daughter |
| The Doctor/Trouble Her middle son |
| Amiga Gringa/Beauty Her youngest daughter |
| Hester La Negrita |
Videos
Suzan-Lori Parks Interview
Publication
Publisher Dramatists Play Service
Year 2000
Binding Mass Market Paperback
Pages 72
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822217565
ISBN-10 0822217562
LCCN 2002278981
LCC PS3566.A736 I5 2000
DCC 812/.54
In The Blood is a American play written by Suzan-lori Parks and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (2000).
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Fee: Minimum Fee: $110 per performance
Restrictions: Major Markets Plus (US) / Standard Plus Add'l Postcodes (UK)
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