Abe Lincoln And Uncle Tom In The White House
by Carlyle Brown

Name: Abe Lincoln And Uncle Tom In The White House
Brand: Carlyle Brown
SKU: 9780822237853
Rating: 2.4 (4 reviews)

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Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

One ActUnit Set/Multiple SettingsAmerican Historical Black History Comedy

What readers are saying

Readers find the play largely lacking in substance and direction. It's described as more of an intellectual exercise with conversations rather than a cohesive narrative, leaving many dissatisfied with its lack of plot.

No clear plotMore of a conversation than a play

Synopsis

Alone in the Executive Office, President Abraham Lincoln is struggling with signing the Emancipation Proclamation when he is mysteriously visited by Uncle Tom, the fictional character in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s abolitionist novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly.

These two iconic characters from life and literature—one real, the other fiction—attempt to understand each other across a chasm of race in the midst of the Civil War.

Throughout one late night and into the dawning day, they find themselves crossing over into each other’s world in a tale of suffering, self-discovery, and redemption.

ThemesHistory PS3552.R68527 A34 2018 Slavery Slavery--United States--Drama Slaves--Emancipation--United States--Drama Slaves--Emancipation Uncle Tom

Press Reviews

"[A] meaty and ingenious one-act…a crafty conversation, based on an absurd setup, on freedom and slavery, on war and faith…[Brown] is a master of this type of interrogation of historical figures…In ABE LINCOLN, he shows the historical power of Uncle Tom…even as he attempts to rescue him from being a byword for betrayal. This Uncle Tom is a man of providence and progress…ABE LINCOLN, which packs a punch in 75 minutes, [is] excellent work that is not to be missed."
— Star Tribune (MN)

Publication

PublisherDramatists Play Service

Year2018

BindingPaperback

Pages33

PlaceNew York

LanguageEnglish

ISBN-139780822237853

ISBN-100822237857

LCCPS3552.R68527 A34 2018

DCC812/.54

Abe Lincoln And Uncle Tom In The White House is a American historical play written by Carlyle Brown and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (2018).