Myth, Magic, and Farce: Four Multicultural Plays

By Sterling Houston

Sterling Houston is an innovative African American writer whose plays are known for biting social commentary combined with eye-popping theatricality. Despite many successful productions, his work has never before been widely available in print. The four plays in this collection represent Houston's full range of themes and styles. High Yello Ros e deflates the Alamo myth by casting the heroes' parts entirely with women. Isis in Nubia is a love story that sets the Isis/Osiris myth in West Africa. Black Lily and White Lily is a realistic domestic drama exploring racial tensions. Miranda Rites returns to Houston's broadly farcical style, enacting Martha Mitchell's last days in a hospital, where she hallucinates about Marilyn Monroe and Dorothy Dandridge, and is escorted to the underworld by Carmen Miranda.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157441187X
• ISBN13: 9781574411874
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: University of North Texas Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.7"