num_pages: 165
description: Suzan-Lori Parks continues her examination of black people in history and stage through the life of the so-called "Hottentot Venus," an African woman displayed semi-nude throughout Europe due to her extraordinary physiognomy; in particular, her enormous buttocks. She was befriended, bought and bedded by a doctor who advanced his scientific career through his anatomical measurements of her after her premature death.
language: English
title: Venus
titlecomplete: Venus
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, Drama, School, Read For School, College, Historical Fiction, Africa, African American
ratings_count: 1085
places: The United States of America
publisher: Theatre Communications Group