Bibliograph

Serial black face, Janine Nabers ; foreword by Marsha Norman

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Serial black face, Janine Nabers ; foreword by Marsha Norman

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Serial black face

Oclc number

904811736

Responsibility statement

Janine Nabers ; foreword by Marsha Norman

Series statement

Yale drama series

Summary

"The year is 1979 and a serial killer in Atlanta is abducting and murdering young black children. Against a backdrop of fear and uncertainty, playwright Janine Nabers explores the emotional battleground where an African-American single mother wars with her teenage daughter, each coping in her own way with personal tragedy and loss. The volatility of their situation is intensified when a severely damaged and devastatingly handsome stranger becomes an integral part of their lives."--Back cover"Serial Black Face is the seventh winner of the DC Horn Foundation/Yale Drama Series Prize, selected by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Marsha Norman. At once startling, engrossing, suspenseful, and exhilarating, Nabers's powerful drama employs a real-life nightmare, the Atlanta Child Murders of the late 1970s, to incisively examine human frailty and the prickly complexities of a mother-daughter relationship. A stunning theatrical work, both thoughtful and profoundly moving, Serial Black Face is richly deserving of this year's prize."--Page 4 of cover

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