- Drama, Slavery, Plantation life, American literature
"Judge Peyton is dead and his plantation Terrebonne is in financial ruins. Peyton's handsome nephew George arrives as heir apparent and quickly falls in love with Zoe, a beautiful octoroon. But the evil overseer M'Closky has other plans -- for both Terrebonne and Zoe. In 1859, a famous Irishman wrote this play about slavery in America. Now an American tries to write his own."--From the publisher.
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- unpretentiousprestige
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- intimateepic
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- Author
- Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
- First published
- 2015
- Pages
- 60
- Publisher
- Hern Books, Limited, Nick, Dramatist's Play Service, Dramatists Play Service, Incorporated
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780822244639
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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is an American playwright. His play Purpose won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, for which his works Gloria and Everybody were finalists in 2016 and 2018, respectively. His play Appropriate marked his Broadway debut as a playwright in 2023 and earned him his first Tony Award; he won a second in 2025 for Purpose. His additional plays include An Octoroon and The Comeuppance. He was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2016.
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