The Jacksonian: A Play

by Beth Henley

In The Jacksonian, Beth Henley returns to the Southern Gothic storytelling that made her reputation with both critics and audiences. Set in a seedy motel in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1964, the play centers around Rosy, a troubled teenager, and Bill, her dentist father who has been living at the motel for several months as his wife, Susan, considers the disgrace of divorce. Fred, the motel bartender, and Eva, a waitress, are locked in a gruesome...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810130653
• ISBN13: 9780810130654
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"