LEADER 02699nam 2200517 450 001 9910511403303321 005 20211005104019.0 010 $a1-4742-2885-2 035 $a(CKB)4100000011245211 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6199525 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6159342 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4948834 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4948834 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL851762 035 $a(OCoLC)1024234014 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011245211 100 $a20200818d2014 uy d 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe house that will not stand /$fMarcus Gardley 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Methuen Drama, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (98 pages) 225 1 $aModern Plays 311 $a1-4742-2884-4 330 $aYou may be the wealthiest colored woman in New Orleans, but you built this house on sand, lies and dead bodies. New Orleans, 1836. Following an era of French colonial rule and relative racial acceptance, Louisiana's 'free people of color' are prospering. Beatrice, a free woman of colour, has become one of the city's wealthiest women through her relationship with a rich white man. However, when her lover mysteriously dies, Beatrice imposes a six-month period of mourning on herself and her three daughters. But, as the summer heat intensifies, the foundations of freedom she has built for herself and their three unwed daughters begin to crumble. Society is changing, racial divides are growing and, as the members of the household turn on each other in their fight for survival, it could cost them everything. A bewitching new drama of desire, jealousy, murder and voodoo, The House That Will Not Stand received its world premiere at Berkeley Rep, US, in January 2014, and was subsequently produced at the Tricycle Theatre, London, on 9 October 2014. This edition features an introduction by Professor Ayanna Thompson, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences. 410 0$aModern Plays 606 $aAfrican American women$zLouisiana$zNew Orleans$vDrama 606 $aFree blacks$zLouisiana$zNew Orleans$vDrama 606 $aMistresses$zLouisiana$zNew Orleans$vDrama 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAfrican American women 615 0$aFree blacks 615 0$aMistresses 676 $a976.300496073 700 $aGardley$b Marcus$01067018 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910511403303321 996 $aThe house that will not stand$92550323 997 $aUNINA