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Author:
Norris, Bruce.
Title:
Clybourne Park / by Bruce Norris.
Publisher:
Dramatists Play Service
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
85 pages ; 20 cm.
Subject:
Homeowners--Social aspects--Chicago--Chicago--Drama.
Gentrification--Chicago--Chicago--Social conditions--Dramay.
Segregation--Chicago--Chicago--Social conditions--Drama.
African Americans--Chicago--Chicago--Social conditions.
Home ownership--Social aspects--Chicago--Chicago--Drama.
Notes:
A play. Cast: 4 men playing 9 characters, 3 women playing 6 characters.
Summary:
"Clybourne Park spans two generations fifty years apart. In 1959, Russ and Bev are selling their desirable two-bedroom at a bargain price, unknowingly bringing the first black family into the neighborhood and creating ripples of discontent among the cozy white residents of Clybourne Park. In 2009, the same property is being bought by a young white couple, whose plan to raze the house and start again is met with equal disapproval by the black residents of the soon-to-be-gentrified area. Are the issues festering beneath the floorboards actually the same, fifty years on? The author's excruciatingly funny and squirm-inducing satire explores the fault line between race and property."--Publisher's description.
ISBN:
0822226979
9780822226970
OCLC:
(OCoLC)824175726
LCCN:
2013497538
Locations:
WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)

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