Lorraine Hansberry's Les Blancs: A Drama in Two ActsSamuel French, Inc., 1972 - 120 pages Set in a fictional East African country on the verge of revolution, the legacy of white colonialism is challenged by a growing movement for black liberation and independence. When Tshembe Matoseh, the English educated son of a chief, returns home to bury his father, he encounters vast changes in his family and country. His teenage brother is nearly an alcoholic and his older brother has become a priest and traitor to his people. At the same time Charlie, an American journalist, arrives to report on the local missionary hospital and its workers. Forswearing politics and wishing only to return to his wife and child in England, Tshembe is drawn into the conflict around him. When peaceful negotiations break down, and violence erupts, each brother is forced to choose where his loyalties lie. |
Table des matières
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 6 |
Section 3 | 7 |
Section 4 | 15 |
Section 5 | 57 |
Section 6 | 107 |
Section 7 | 108 |
Section 8 | 112 |
Section 9 | |
Expressions et termes fréquents
2-Scene 1 ACT ABIOSEH Abruptly ACT 2-Scene ACT TWO SCENE African Amos Kumalo arms beat Bill Ware BLACKOUT ACT BLANCS bottle brother Bwana CHARLIE CHARLIE MORRIS CHARLIE'S Charlotte Zaltzberg cigarette Congo drums cyclorama dance DEKOVEN Doctor drink DRUMMERS drums ERIC ERIC's Europeans exits U. R. eyes father flare signal wire GIFTED AND BLACK hand head hyenas hypodermic needle jungle khaki shorts KOVEN Lambarene laugh listen look Lorraine Hansberry Major Rice Mission Modingo Morris moves NGAGO night nods Ntali offstage parlor pith helmet play PRE-SET production Reverend Neilsen rifles rise U. R. robe Robert Nemiroff sandals settlers shirt Shrugs sits Smiling SOLDIERS spear stage stands stares stereophonic swiftly talk tell Thank things tion Tshembe Matoseh TSHEMBE throws TSHEMBE'S turns Twin Forks Junction understand village wait WARRIORS watch What's Willy Wrap-around skirt Zatembe