Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Living Room in Africa

Living Room in Africa

Doran, Bathsheba

Paperback

Plays

ISBN10: 0573663459
ISBN13: 9780573663451
Publisher: Concord Theatricals
Published: Dec 29 2008
Pages: 76
Weight: 0.18
Height: 0.16 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
4m 3f / InteriorChildhood friends Edward and Marie have moved to a village in Africa while Edward is setting up a museum there with money from the West. Within weeks it becomes apparent that they have moved to an area devastated by AIDS. Questions about their own personal and political responsibilities become impossible to ignore and as Edward becomes increasingly anxious to leave Marie makes the unexpected decision to stay there without him. When news of Edward's imminent departure reaches Anthony the African contractor for the gallery he goes to beg Edward for the last time to help him escape to America forcing the couple into a final analysis of what their experience in Africa means to them and what they mean to each other.Ms. Doran has mapped out a situation worthy of a Conrad or Naipul novel. - The New York TimesBathsheba Doran's direct thought-provoking Living Room in Africa aims to shine the flickering light of Western attention on the so-called Dark Continent and especially on the suffering wrought there by AIDS. -Time Out New YorkDefinitely a writer worth watching starting with this play. - CurtainUpDoran is a terrific playwright who never resorts to sermonizing. Moreover her attention to character and detail is excellent. -TheaterMania

Also in

Plays

View All