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vii Contents List of Illustrations ix Prologue xi 1 Introduction Civil Disobedience as Resistance to Tradition and Performance 1 2 Classical Origins of Character and Adrienne Kennedy’s Funnyhouse of a Negro, Electra, and Orestes 25 3 The Oedipus Story and the Perfect Play, or the Gospel According to Rita Dove The Darker Face of the Earth and Sonata Mulattica: A Life in Five Movements and a Short Play 61 4 Racial Intent and Dramatic Form Eugene O’Neill’s All God’s Chillun Got Wings and The Emperor Jones 99 5 Aristotle’s “Spectacle” and August Wilson’s “Spectacle Character” Joe Turner’s Come and Gone 143 6 Freedom Songs and Metaphors of Healing Eugene O’Neill’s Mourning Becomes Electra, Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, and Suzan-Lori Parks’ Venus and Topdog/Underdog 175 viii Contents 7 Civil Disobedience, Truth and Reconciliation, and the Cosmopolitan Citizen Charles Smith’s The Gospel According to James, Thomas Bradshaw’s Mary, David Mamet’s Race, and Bruce Norris’ Clybourne Park 205 Epilogue 225 References 229 Index 245 ...