The Red Letter Plays

by Suzan-Lori Parks

Book Overview

"In the Blood is an extraordinary new play...It is truly harrowing...we cannot turn away, and we do not want to. The play strikes us as Hawthorne claimed his first glimpse of the scarlet letter struck him, with "a sensation not altogether physical yet almost so, as of a burning heat, as if the letter were not of red cloth but of red-hot iron.'"--Margo Jefferson, The New York Times

The playwright who "has burst through every known...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559361956
• ISBN13: 9781559361958
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Astounding!

Two incredible works from Suzan-Lori Parks! If you don't deal well with rawness and language these are not the plays for you. But if you're looking for an unique American voice in the theatre, this is the place to turn!