Funnyhouse of a Negro by Adrienne Kennedy

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"Funnyhouse of a Negro is a modern classic about the student Sarah, a young black woman living in New York City, and her search for her identity in a very complex, warring, and fractured world. This search is manifested in her many selves: Queen Victoria, the Duchess of Hapsburg, Patrice Lumumba, and Jesus Christ. Performed by colleges worldwide, this landmark play speaks to students trying to find a place in the world."--Page 4 of cover.

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Devil_llama 1,923 reviews

A one-act play about a disturbed African-American woman who wants to be white, and who peoples her fantasy world with such noted individuals as Queen Victoria, Patrice Lamumba, and Jesus. She tells us her life story through a series of surreal images, and sinks rapidly into madness. The twist ending reveals that she may have been living an even greater fantasy than we thought.

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