Title: The red letter plays
First published: 2001
Description: Two plays expanding on Hawthorne's classic novel "The scarlet letter." In the blood: Hester La Negrita, an unapologetic mother of five illegitimate children, practices writing the alphabet to help herself "one day get a leg up." Fucking A: Hester Smith works the only job available to her, as an abortionist to the lower class, in order to save for a reunion picnic with her imprisoned son.
Subjects: Drama, Adaptations, African American women, American drama (dramatic works by one author)
People: Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
LC classification: PS3566.A736 R44 2001