num_pages: 224
description: 'The America Play' follows an African-American gravedigger who loves and resembles Abraham Lincoln, so much so that he also works as a Lincoln impersonator. For this reason he is referred to throughout the play as the "Foundling Father." As an impersonator he charges his customers a penny to take part in a reenactment Lincoln's assassination.
language: English
title: The America Play and Other Works
titlecomplete: The America Play and Other Works
genres: Theatre, Drama, Plays, Grad School, Read For School, School, African American Literature
ratings_count: 574
publisher: Theatre Communications Group