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A Free Man of Color Kindle Edition

by John Guare (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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The Tony Award-winning playwright spins “a tale of adultery, racism and the Louisiana Purchase…with daring and dizzying skill” (Ben Brantley, The New York Times).

The author of classics American plays such as Six Degrees of Separation and The House of Blue Leaves, Tony and Obie Award-winning playwright John Guare is celebrated for his theatrically playful, intellectually dazzling imagination. His play “A Free Man of Color evolves from a bustling farce into something deeper and darker but similarly exhilarating” (USA Today).

A Free Man of Color is set in boisterous New Orleans prior to the historic Louisiana Purchase. Before law and order took hold and class, racial, and political lines were drawn, New Orleans was a carnival of beautiful women, flowing wine, and pleasure for the taking. At the center of this Dionysian world is Jacques Cornet, a mixed-race gentleman who commands men, seduces women, and preens like a peacock. But it is 1801 and the map of New Orleans is about to be redrawn. The Louisiana Purchase brings American rule and racial segregation to the chaotic, colorful world of Jacques Cornet and all that he represents, turning the tables on freedom and liberty.
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  1. ISBN-10
    9780802195005
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0802145666
  3. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  4. Publisher
    Grove Press
  5. Publication date
    October 18, 2011
  6. Language
    English
  7. File size
    3645 KB
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“[A Free Man of Color] just might be a masterpiece . . . one of the three or four most stirring new plays I've seen.”—Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal

“Free Man evolves from a bustling farce into something deeper and darker but similarly exhilarating.” —USA Today


“A sumptuous table set with brocaded poesy, luxurious allusion, hallucinatory imagery” —Scott Brown, New York Magazine

“Glitters . . . [a] fever dream of a play . . . [Guare’s] biggest work to date.”—Jeremy Gerard, Bloomberg.com

“A Free Man of Color is a hearty, spicy theatrical gumbo in wild colors and tempting flavors. It evokes all the gusto of Mardi Gras' madcap consumption.” —Elizabeth Ahlfors, CurtainUp

About the Author

John Guare is the Tony, Obie, and New York Drama Critics Circle Award-winning playwright of the plays House of Blue Leaves, Six Degrees of Separation, Landscape of the Body, and A Few Stout Individuals. He co-edits the Lincoln Center Theater Review, teaches playwriting at Yale School of Drama, is a council member of the Dramatists Guild, a trustee of PEN America and received the Gold Medal in Drama from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005PYQGG8
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grove Press (October 18, 2011)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 18, 2011
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3645 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 113 pages
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5.0 out of 5 stars If you missed the play, you need to buy this book.
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2015
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I saw the play -- twice! I am so happy that the play is published. The writing is so vivid. In reading it, I'm seeing the play once again.
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Doug Wager
5.0 out of 5 stars Best contemporary play about the nature and origins of American ...
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2015
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Best contemporary play about the nature and origins of American attitudes toward race in historical satirical form! A John Guare masterwork.
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Luke BEcker
1.0 out of 5 stars had to read it for school. cant imagine what ...
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2014
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had to read it for school. cant imagine what possesed my teacher to assign such a play, but he did. would not reccommend to anyone. lots of sexual content.
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Christa Forster
3.0 out of 5 stars Might age better than currently fares
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2014
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I like John Guare. I want to like this play, and perhaps seeing it will make it come alive for me even more so. Certainly, it's a timely addition to the American canon.
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F. Norman Belk
5.0 out of 5 stars Hurrah!
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2014
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Glad this play is in print.
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