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Topdog/Underdog
Contributor(s): Parks, Suzan-Lori (Author)

ISBN: 1559362014 ISBN-13: 9781559362016
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2001
Annotation: A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity is Suzan-Lori Parks latest riff on the way we are defined by history. The play tells the story of Lincoln and Booth, two brothers whose names were given to them as a joke, foretelling a lifetime of sibling rivalry and resentment. Haunted by the past, the brothers are forced to confront the shattering reality of their future.

Suzan-Lori Parks is the author of numerous plays, including "In the Blood" and "Venus," She is currently head of the A.S.K. Theater Projects Writing for Performance Program at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia.

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BISAC Categories:
- Drama | American - African American
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
- Drama | Women Authors

Dewey: 812.54

LCCN: 2001027316

Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" L (0.35 lbs) 112 pages

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Awards: Pulitzer Prize, Winner, Drama/Theater, 2002

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Winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity is Suzan-Lori Parks latest riff on the way we are defined by history. The play tells the story of Lincoln and Booth, two brothers whose names were given to them as a joke, foretelling a lifetime of sibling rivalry and resentment. Haunted by the past, the brothers are forced to confront the shattering reality of their future.

Suzan-Lori Parks is the author of numerous plays, including In the Blood and Venus. She is currently head of the A.S.K. Theater Projects Writing for Performance Program at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia.

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