House arrest
Subtitle: a search for American character in and around the White House, past and present ; and Piano : two plays
By: Anna Deavere Smith.
Contributors: Smith, Anna Deavere.
Publisher: Anchor Books; Anchor
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: White House (Washington, D.C.) -- Drama; Political plays, American; Historical drama, American; National characteristics, American -- Drama; Mass media -- Political aspects -- Drama; Presidents -- Drama; United States -- Politics and government -- Drama; Cuba -- Drama
Genres: Drama.
Other titles: Piano.
Description: Contains two plays by Anna Deavere Smith that explore the American experience from various points of view. House arrest examines the relationships between a succession of American presidents and their observers in and out of the press. Arcing from Clinton and Monical Lewinsky to Jefferson and Sally Hemings and alive with the voices of such real-life figures as Ed Bradley, George Stephanopoulos, Anita Hill, and Abraham Lincoln, the result is an examination of the intersection of public power and private life. In Piano, Smith casts her gaze back a century to 1898 as she follows the tangled lines of race, sex, and exploitation in a prosperous Cuban household on the eve of the Spanish-American War.
Notes: "An Anchor Books original"--T.p. verso.