{"product_id":"selected-plays-alice-childress-9780810127517","title":"Selected Plays","description":"The first African American woman to have a play professionally produced in New York City (\u003ci\u003eGold Through the Trees\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1952), Alice Childress occupies an important but surprisingly under-recognized place in American drama. She herself rejected an emphasis on the pioneering aspects of her career, saying that \"it's almost like it's an honor rather than a disgrace\" and that she should \"be the fiftieth and the thousandth by this point\"-a remark that suggests the complexity and singularity of vision to be found in her plays. Childress worked as an actress before turning to playwriting in 1949, and she was a political activist all of her life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spanning the 1940s to the 1960s, the plays collected here are the ones Childress herself believed were her best, and offer a realistic portrait of the racial inequalities and social injustices that characterized these decades. Her plays often feature strong-willed female protagonists whose problems bring into harsh relief the restrictions faced by African American women. This is the first volume devoted exclusively to the work of a major playwright whose impact on the American theater was profound and lasting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alice Childress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810127512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810127517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Alice Childress","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050691293439,"sku":"9780810127517","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b3fbb779-c47e-4c44-9a06-edb762592843.jpg?v=1685008686","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/selected-plays-alice-childress-9780810127517","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}