Who Shot Willie?
Harold Bassage
The Body Guards
by William S. Yellow Robe, Jr.
Synopsis
Benny and Skin are charged with watching over the body of their "Uncle" Clarence until the hearse and sherrif can arrive.
As Benny gets a little too close to the body and probes a little too much about what Skin knows, the two hear a voice from beyond the door.
A short play about who will care about what happens to the dead.
Press Reviews
"Explores many contemporary Native themes through a deft mixture of hard-bitten reality, humor light and dark, and a penetrating yet poignant dramatic vision."
— Native Peoples (on the anthology where the pavement ends: five Native American plays)
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| BENNY A man in his late 40s |
| CLARENCE A dead man |
| SKIN A man in his early 20s |
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William S. Yellow Robe, Jr. on Indigenous Theatre – Brown University
Publication
The Body Guards is a play written by William S. Yellow Robe, Jr. and published by Samuel French .
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