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The duplex; a Black love fable in four movements.
- Title
- The duplex; a Black love fable in four movements.
- Author
- Bullins, Ed.
- Publication
- New York, Morrow, 1971.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | ALB 1094.176 | Off-site | |
| Text | Request in advance | PS3552.U45 D8 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 166 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- Bullins successfully weaves 12 characters who share housing in southern California. The lead character is Stevie Benson, a college student who develops a crush on his landlady Velma Best. Velma's husband O.D. is a former Vietnam vet who is now abusive and flits on & offstage with knives, liquor and derision. The men in the duplex repeatedly play cards, drink, smoke and joke. Marco Polo Henderson is Stevie's roommate and son of Montgomery Henderson who is reacquainting himself with his son whose mother raised him away from the dad. Tootsie Franklin is another of their buddies who seems none-too-bright but jovially joins the fray. Mamma & Pops are two aging (mid-40s) alcoholics who live in the building. While there is a lot of good-natured ribbing and put-downs, the play is a love story where Stevie falls hard for Velma and intervenes because her husband is abusive.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Acting editions.
- Drama.
- Fables.
- Plays (Performed Works).
- scripts (documents)
- Note
- A play.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- LCCN
- ^^^70132162^
- OCLC
- 108100
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library