Beauty's Daughter, Monster, The Gimmick: Three Plays

by Dael Orlandersmith

The sheer exuberance of language that pours forth in Dael Orlandersmith's plays has dazzled critics and audiences alike. In these three pieces, the award-winning writer and performer celebrates the power of words to rescue the young black women she portrays from their constricted worlds. In the Obie Award-winning play "Beauty's Daughter," Diane yearns to free herself from her soul-deadening surroundings, where people drown their unfulfilled aspirations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375708715
• ISBN13: 9780375708718
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 8.0"