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The Still Alarm
George S Kaufman
Planet Fires
by Thomas Babe
Synopsis
THE STORY: The action of the play centers on the picaresque adventures of Henry Hitchcock, a Union Army deserter, and Will Hill, a runaway slave with whom Henry has journeyed to the north.
They join the traveling circus run by a flamboyant impresar
Press Reviews
"A brilliantly inventive allegory, which uses the colorful metaphor of a circus to explore the perils and problems which beset America in the post-Civil War period. Provocative and theatrically vivid, the play has become a favorite among the nation's leading regional professional theatres. ”PLANET FIRES, Thomas Babe's towering new play, triggers passionate discourse, theatrical awe, and an uncomfortable lesson in history.“ —Dallas Observer. ”Babe's play is a gaudy allegorized extravaganza, presenting post-Civil War America as a traveling medicine show run by a villainous Barnum named Van Amburgh.“ —Los Angeles Times. ”…the author's most striking play…"
— The New York Times
Publication
Publisher Dramatists Play Service
Year 1998
Pages 84
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822208969
ISBN-10 0822208962
Planet Fires is a American play written by Thomas Babe and published by Dramatists Play Service (1998).
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