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The house that will not stand
- Title
- The house that will not stand / Marcus Gardley.
- Author
- Gardley, Marcus
- Publication
- London : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2014.
- ©2014
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Details
- Description
- xxii, 69 pages; 20 cm.
- Summary
- "New Orleans, 1836. Following an era of French colonial rule and relative racial acceptance, Louisiana's 'free people of color' are prospering. Beatrice, a free woman of colour, has become one of the city's wealthiest women through her relationship with a rich white man. However, when her lover mysteriously dies, Beatrice imposes a six-month period of mourning on herself and her three daughters. But, as the summer heat intensifies, the foundations of freedom she has built for herself and their three unwed daughters begin to crumble. Society is changing, racial divides are growing and, as the members of the household turn on each other in their fight for survival, it could cost them everything."--Page 4 of cover.
- Series Statement
- Bloomsbury Methuen Drama modern plays
- Uniform Title
- Methuen modern plays.
- Subject
- 1800-1899
- African American women > Louisiana > New Orleans > Drama
- Free Black people > Louisiana > New Orleans > Drama
- Mistresses > Louisiana > New Orleans > Drama
- Racially mixed people > Race identity > Louisiana > New Orleans > Drama
- Families > Drama
- Interpersonal conflict > Drama
- Interpersonal relations > Drama
- African American women
- Families
- Free Black people
- Mistresses
- New Orleans (La.) > Race relations > 19th century > Drama
- Louisiana > New Orleans
- Genre/Form
- Plays.
- Drama.
- Awards (note)
- Obie Award, Playwriting, 2019
- Call Number
- Sc D 22-314
- ISBN
- 9781474228848
- 1474228844
- OCLC
- 892564473
- Author
- Gardley, Marcus, author.
- Title
- The house that will not stand / Marcus Gardley.
- Publisher
- London : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2014.
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Bloomsbury Methuen Drama modern playsMethuen modern plays.
- Awards
- Obie Award, Playwriting, 2019
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 22-314