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A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity is Suzan-Lori Parks latest riff on the way we are defined by history. The play tells the story of Lincoln and Booth, two brothers whose names were given to them as a joke, foretelling a lifetime of sibling rivalry and resentment. Haunted by the past, the brothers are forced to confront the shattering reality of their future.
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LibraryThing member whitewavedarling
This is an interesting play, though I feel after reading it as if I need to see it produced. By the end, some of the ideas felt like they'd been overworked, but as a whole, it was a good read. As plays go, it is much easier to read than they generall are. There are few characters, and the story is
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pretty easy to follow, though I do think seeing it staged would add a great deal. If you have a chance to see this in the theater, go. If you want a play to escape into for a bit, though, this isn't a bad choice. Show Less
LibraryThing member b.masonjudy
I've been thinking about sibling rivalry and was taken in with the relationship between Lincoln & Booth. The course of this tragedy was not surprising however it left a deeper ache because it felt inevitable in some ways. Sort of like the set-up of 3-Card Monte, cycles of trauma that continue to
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Publication
Theatre Communications Group (2001), 126 pages
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Awards
Pulitzer Prize (Winner — Drama — 2002)
Tony Award (Nominee — Play — 2002)
Outer Critics Circle Award (Winner — 2001-2002)
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Original publication date
2002-02-01