Mingus Takes (3) by Aishah Rahman (English) Paperback Book

Description: Mingus Takes (3) by Aishah Rahman MINGUS TAKES (3) consists of three one-acts: SPEAKERS HEAD, IF ONLY WE KNEW, and UPTOWN! It is dedicated to Charles Mingus Jrs ingeniousness, his humor and revolutionary spirit, and his great contribution to American classical music more commonly labeled jazz. In SPEAKERS HEAD, a speaker introduces his concepts on Americas "eminent world domain." In IF ONLY WE KNEW, An African immigrant in New York describes how he was shot by police. In UPTOWN!, a drunk tramp named Psyche strikes up a conversation with Opal on the bus. At first shes very wary of him. But gradually Psyches penetrating insights begin both to unnerve and intrigue her. "...there are only a very few dramatists who come immediately to mind when thinking about the major contemporary African American playwrights: Lorraine Hansberry, LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), Adrienne Kennedy, August Wilson, Ntozake Shange, and Aishah Rahman. Although she has not had the general name recognition of her contemporaries, Aishah Rahman has been widely celebrated for the craft, language, and vision of her plays. Her daring, innovative fusion of form and function has positioned her in the forefront of American women writing for the theater, and in the forefront of those playwrights who expand the limits, refuse the boundaries, and seek new territories in the formal and stylistic properties of drama as a genre and the theater as a medium." -Thadious M Davis, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English, Vanderbilt University FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Long Description MINGUS TAKES (3) consists of three one-acts: SPEAKERS HEAD, IF ONLY WE KNEW, and UPTOWN! It is dedicated to Charles Mingus Jrs ingeniousness, his humor and revolutionary spirit, and his great contribution to American classical music more commonly labeled jazz. In SPEAKERS HEAD, a speaker introduces his concepts on Americas "eminent world domain." In IF ONLY WE KNEW, An African immigrant in New York describes how he was shot by police. In UPTOWN!, a drunk tramp named Psyche strikes up a conversation with Opal on the bus. At first shes very wary of him. But gradually Psyches penetrating insights begin both to unnerve and intrigue her. ..".there are only a very few dramatists who come immediately to mind when thinking about the major contemporary African American playwrights: Lorraine Hansberry, LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), Adrienne Kennedy, August Wilson, Ntozake Shange, and Aishah Rahman. Although she has not had the general name recognition of her contemporaries, Aishah Rahman has been widely celebrated for the craft, language, and vision of her plays. Her daring, innovative fusion of form and function has positioned her in the forefront of American women writing for the theater, and in the forefront of those playwrights who expand the limits, refuse the boundaries, and seek new territories in the formal and stylistic properties of drama as a genre and the theater as a medium." -Thadious M Davis, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English, Vanderbilt University Details ISBN0881455156 Author Aishah Rahman Short Title MINGUS TAKES (3) Pages 52 Publisher Broadway Play Publishing Inc Language English ISBN-10 0881455156 ISBN-13 9780881455151 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2012 Publication Date 2012-05-31 Imprint Broadway Play Publishing Inc Illustrations Illustrations, black and white UK Release Date 2012-05-31 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:118519770;

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