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Synopsis
Identity and family are explored when two brothers are predisposed to sibling rivalry after being christened "Lincoln" and "Booth."
| Size | | Length: | 109 pages | | Height: | 8.5 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.2 in | | Weight: | 5.6 oz |
Industry Reviews
"[A] thrilling comic drama....The play...vibrates with the clamor of big ideas, audaciously and exuberantly expressed. Like INVISABLE MAN Ralph Ellison's landmark novel of 1952, TOPDOG/UNDERDOG considers nothing less than the existential traps of being African-American and male in the United States, the masks that wear the men as well as vice versa...Ms. Parks demonstrates that she can shape a captivating narrative without sacrificing her high thematic ambitions. She even incorporates one of the more far-fetched metaphoric devices from her AMERICAN PLAY into TOPDOG--the idea of a black man portraying Abraham Lincoln in an arcade shooting booth--and gets you to accept it without blinking."
New York Times - Ben Brantley (04/08/2002)
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