num_pages: 72
description: 1905, New York City. Esther, a black seamstress, sews exquisite lingerie for clients who range from wealthy white patrons to prostitutes. She has saved enough to allow her to dream of one day opening a beauty salon for black women, and at thirty-five years old, longs for a husband and a future. When she begins to receive beautiful letters from a lonesome Caribbean man who is working on the Panama Canal, it looks like life may be about to take a different course.This is the acting edition of the play.
language: English
title: Intimate Apparel
titlecomplete: Intimate Apparel
genres: Fiction, African American, Race, Historical Fiction, Academic, Theatre, Plays, School, Drama, Read For School
ratings_count: 1081
publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.