The America Play and Other Works
Suzan-Lori Parks
224 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 1559360925
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Language: English
Publish: November 1, 1994
African American LiteratureDramaGrad SchoolPlaysRead For SchoolSchoolTheatre
‘The America Play’ follows an African-American gravedigger who loves and resembles Abraham Lincoln, so much so that he also works as a Lincoln impersonator. For this reason he is referred to throughout the play as the “Foundling Father.” As an impersonator he charges his customers a penny to take part in a reenactment Lincoln’s assassination.