A Preface To The Alien Garden Contributor(s): Alexander, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0881451916 ISBN-13: 9780881451917 Publisher: Broadway Play Publishing OUR PRICE: $12.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2001 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Drama | American - African American |
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.27 lbs) 96 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: ..".Robert Alexander's A PREFACE TO THE ALIEN GARDEN is a heart-thumping, gut wrenching peek into one small pocket of drugs, gangs and violence. ...the poetic beauty of Alexander's script... ..".PREFACE is nothing less than a testament to what theater can do (and what T V and movies can't), which is to stir something ineffable in your soul and transport you to a place where human potential can be raised and then dashed on the rocks. This tragic awareness that the theater can induce is achieved too rarely and seldom. But, as one of the play's characters might say, PREFACE has 'the juice'. ..".the soaring poetry of some of the rap duels and the plaintive speeches of Lisa and Rick as they bid to discover a way to escape their fates are testimony to Alexander's authentic talent, expressed with an authentic voice..."
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