1 option
The darker face of the earth : a play / by Rita Dove.
LIBRA PS3554.O884 D68 1996
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dove, Rita.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- South Carolina--History--1775-1865--Drama.
- South Carolina.
- History.
- Women plantation owners--South Carolina--Drama.
- Women plantation owners.
- Mothers and sons--South Carolina--Drama.
- Mothers and sons.
- African Americans--South Carolina--Drama.
- African Americans.
- Enslaved persons--South Carolina--Drama.
- Enslaved persons.
- Genre:
- Historical drama.
- Drama.
- Physical Description:
- 161 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Completely revised second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Brownsville, OR : Story Line Press, 1996.
- Summary:
- First full-length play by Rita Dove. A classical tragedy based on Oedipus and set on a plantation in pre-Civil War South Carolina. Slave buck and white mistress fall into passionate love affair, only to discover -- during slave revolt -- their true identities as mother and son. "Brilliant, potent, and repercussive". -- Booklist
- ISBN:
- 1885266197
- OCLC:
- 34919800
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.