Gum
By: Karen Hartman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
Subjects: Sisters -- Drama.; Girls -- Drama.; Middle East -- Drama.
Genres: Drama.
Description: "We are in a "fictitious faraway" country. Two girls, veiled head to toe, stand in a garden bounded by a high wall. They share a piece of gum. The walls loom, keeping the world out. The women's robes and veils--keeping their bodies under literal wraps--gain texture. In close-up, the girls' eyes become visible. They are shining with anticipation. We hear the sound of giddy conspiracy, as one of the sisters says, "I have gum." Here gum is a metaphor that spreads right through the bodies of the sisters who share it--a metaphor for pleasure, release, desire, transgression, America, the forbidden, the secret sexual act."--Back cover.
Notes: "Includes The mother of modern censorship."
Table of contents: title: Gum; title: The mother of modern censorship.