Look Away
by Jerome Kilty, Justin G. Turner, Linda Levitt Turner

Look Away Book Cover
Look Away Cover

Highlights

Victorian (British and American) All Women Interior Set Period Costumes American Historical Black History

Synopsis

Geraldine Page and Maya Angelou took the leading roles on Broadway in Look Away , a compelling theatrical duet set in an insane asylum on Mrs. Lincoln's last night of residence, imagining she is once more at home in the White House and that her seamstress is with her.

Elizabeth Keckley, who wrote a book about her experiences, is the companion and a pillar of strength and wisdom to her irascible and often difficult friend who rants about the mistreatment accorded her by a penurious Senate and by her one surviving son who lobbied for her commitment.

Characters

Character
Elizabeth Keckley

a black woman, indomitable, an ex-slave. She is of an indeterminate middle age.

Mary Lincoln

the widow of Abraham Lincoln. A genteel Southern lady who is fifty-six at the time of the play.

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 1974
Pages 56
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573630132
ISBN-10 0573630135

Look Away is a American historical play written by Jerome Kilty and published by Samuel French (1974).

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