The House That Will Not Stand
Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Published: Oct 09, 2014
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 98
ISBN-13: 9781474228848
Description: "New Orleans, 1836. Following an era of French colonial rule and relative racial acceptance, Louisiana's 'free people of color' are prospering. Beatrice, a free woman of colour, has become one of the city's wealthiest women through her relationship with a rich white man. However, when her lover mysteriously dies, Beatrice imposes a six-month period of mourning on herself and her three daughters. But, as the summer heat intensifies, the foundations of freedom she has built for herself and their three unwed daughters begin to crumble. Society is changing, racial divides are growing and, as the members of the household turn on each other in their fight for survival, it could cost them everything."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Source title: The House That Will Not Stand (Modern Plays)