num_pages: 110
description: A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity is Suzan-Lori Parks latest riff on the way we are defined by history. The play tells the story of Lincoln and Booth, two brothers whose names were given to them as a joke, foretelling a lifetime of sibling rivalry and resentment. Haunted by the past, the brothers are forced to confront the shattering reality of their future.
language: English
title: Topdog/Underdog
titlecomplete: Topdog/Underdog
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, Drama, School, Read For School, College, Contemporary, Race, African American
ratings_count: 6198
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Drama
publisher: Theatre Communications Group