Appropriate/An Octoroon: Plays (Revised Edition)

By: Jacobs-Jenkins, Branden

Book Overview

Includes Revised Broadway version of Appropriate

Winner of three 2024 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Play

A double-volume containing two astonishing breakout plays from one of the theatre's most exciting and provocative writers.

In Appropriate, strained familial dynamics collide with a tense undercurrent of socio-political realities when the Lafayettes gather at a former plantation home to sift through the belongings of their deceased patriarch. An Octoroon is an audacious investigation of theatre and identity, wherein an old play gives way to a startlingly original piece. This collection also includes the short play I Promise Never Again to Write Plays About Asians...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1636702376
• ISBN13: 9781636702377
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 8.4"