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  • WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS: The Best Plays of 1992. by Goodman, Robyn and Marisa Smith, editors.
    Goodman, Robyn and Marisa Smith, editors.
    WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS: The Best Plays of 1992.

    Edition: First printing.

    Newbury, VT: SK / Smith & Kraus, (1993). Hardcover first edition - A collection of six plays by women writers, including the one-act Obie winning 'The Baltimore Waltz' by Paula Vogel, dealing with such themes as AIDS, cancer, the battle of the sexes, and conflicts between multiple generations of African American women. The other playwrights included are Sybille Pearson, Theresa Rebeck, Cheryl West, Catherine Butterfield and Patricia Scanlon. 242 pp. ISBN: 1-880399237.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 83809
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  • FUNNYHOUSE OF A NEGRO: A Play in One Act. by Kennedy, Adrienne.
    Kennedy, Adrienne.
    FUNNYHOUSE OF A NEGRO: A Play in One Act.

    Edition: Early printing, a slim booklet.

    New York: Samuel French, Inc. (c 1969). The first play to be produced by this African American playwright; it opened off-Broadway in 1964 and won the Obie Award for Distinguished Play (sharing the award with Amiri Baraka's Dutchman). Considered as part of both the Black Arts Movement and the Theater of the Absurd, this takes place in Sarah's mind, allowing the audience to witness the alienation of being a black woman in the United States, as Sarah struggles with her mixed ancestry. 24 pp plus 8 pp ads. ISBN: 0-573621667.

    Condition: Near fine in stapled gold wrappers.

    Book ID: 84466
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