Kennedy, Adrienne--Funnyhouse of a Negro外文书.docx

Kennedy, Adrienne, 1931-,? HYPERLINK "/web/1/http/1//cgi-bin/asp/philo/navigate.pl?nadr.649" Funnyhouse of a Negro?Electronic Edition by Alexander Street Press, L.L.C., 2011 . ? Adrienne Kennedy, 1964. Also published in?Adrienne Kennedy in One Act, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN, 1988. [ HYPERLINK "/web/1/http/1//cgi-bin/asp/philo/nadr/authoridx.pl?docauthorid=per0016648&showfullrecord=on" Author Information] [ HYPERLINK "/web/1/http/1//cgi-bin/asp/philo/nadr/documentidx.pl?work_code=PL000888&showfullrecord=on" Bibliographic Details] [ HYPERLINK "/web/1/http/1//cgi-bin/asp/philo/nadr/productionidx.pl?prod_code=PR000076+OR+PR014117" View Production Details] [ HYPERLINK "/web/1/http/1//cgi-bin/asp/philo/nadr/characteridx.pl?char_code=COR+COR+COR+COR+COR+COR+COR+COR+C Character Information] [1964] [PL000888] Characters NEGRO-SARAH DUCHESS OF HAPSBURG: One of herselves QUEEN VICTORIA REGINA: One of herselves JESUS: One of herselves PATRICE LUMUMBA: One of herselves SARAH'S LANDLADY: Funnyhouse Lady RAYMOND: Funnyhouse Man THE MOTHER: Author's Note FUNNYHOUSE of a NEGRO is perhaps clearest and most explicit when the play is placed in the girl Sarah's room. The center of the stage works well as her room, allowing the rest of the stage as the place for herselves. Her room should have a bed, a writing table and a mirror. Near her bed is the statue of Queen Victoria; other objects might be her photographs and her books. When she is placed in her room with her belongings, then the director is free to let the rest of the play happen around her. -- 2 -- Prologue BEGINNING:?Before the closed Curtain?A WOMAN?dressed in a white nightgown walks across the Stage carrying before her a bald head. She moves as one in a trance and is mumbling something inaudible to herself. Her hair is wild, straight and black and falls to her waist. As she moves, she gives the effect of one in a dr