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Poker!
Paperback
Publisher Price: $9.95
ISBN13: 9781636523538
Publisher: Btb Publishing
Published: Dec 23 2025
Pages: 20
Weight: 0.08
Height: 0.04 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Poker! by Zora Neale Hurston is a lively short play that captures the energy, wit, and social dynamics of African American community life. Centered around a poker game, the drama unfolds through sharp dialogue, humor, and conflict, revealing themes of competition, pride, gender roles, and interpersonal tension.
Hurston's mastery of vernacular speech and folk expression brings authenticity and vitality to the stage, transforming an ordinary social gathering into a vivid theatrical moment. The play reflects Hurston's broader commitment to preserving Black oral culture and everyday experiences through dramatic form.
This work is ideal for readers, students, and performers interested in African American theater, folk drama, Harlem Renaissance literature, and character-driven stage works.
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