Dutchman and The Slave: Two Plays

Dutchman and The Slave: Two Plays
by LeRoi Jones

Dutchman and The Slave: Two Plays
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Author: LeRoi Jones
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1971-01-01
ISBN: 0688210848
Number of pages: 87
Publisher: Harper Perennial

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Book Review: civil rights
Summary: 5 Stars

Wow. I think this play portrays an aspect of the black community that cannot be felt by any other community without some feelings of disingenuity. The rage present in the play is overwhelming. The sense of danger and loss is also present, but more subtly so. This play is also very ambiguous and wanting interpretation. I say "wanting interpretation" because Dutchman seems to call for the reader's own interpretation purposefully... the criticism around it is enough to spark a debate, but still the critical aspects are not overwhelmed by the immediacy of emotion and action.

Summary of Dutchman and The Slave: Two Plays

Centered squarely on the Negro-white conflict, both Dutchman and The Slave are literally shocking plays--in ideas, in language, in honest anger. They illuminate as with a flash of lightning a deadly serious problem--and they bring an eloquent and exceptionally powerful voice to the American theatre.

Dutchman opened in New York City on March 24, 1964, to perhaps the most excited acclaim ever accorded an off-Broadway production and shortly thereafter received the Village Voice's Obie Award. The Slave, which was produced off-Broadway the following fall, continues to be the subject of heated critical controversy.

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