Father Comes Home from the Wars. (Parts 1, 2 & 3) - NHB Modern Plays

An epic dramatic trilogy set during the American Civil War, by one of America's leading playwrights. America, 1862, during the Civil War. Hero, a slave, is promised his freedom if he joins his master in the ranks of the Confederacy against the Union. In a nation at war with itself, he must fight against those striving to abolish slavery. The family he leaves behind debates whether to escape or await his return, and they fear that, for Hero, freedom is an empty promise that may come at a great cost. Suzan-Lori Parks' Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) received its UK premiere in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2016, directed by Jo Bonney. The trilogy premiered at The Public Theater, New York, in 2014, was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and won the Edward M Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History.

ISBN:	9781848425507
Publisher:	Nick Hern Books
Imprint:	Nick Hern Books
Published date:	16 Sep 2016
DEWEY:	812.6
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Sales rank:	34700
Number of pages:	126
Weight:	188g
Height:	198mm
Width:	130mm
Spine width:	13mm

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