Excavating American Theatrical History: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's Neighbors, Appropriate, and An Octoroon
Item
Title
Excavating American Theatrical History: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's Neighbors, Appropriate, and An Octoroon
List of Authors
Verna A. Foster
Abstract
In creating his plays Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has repeatedly chosen to rewrite, adapt, or otherwise appropriate earlier theatrical styles or dramatic texts. Three of his plays, in particular, Neighbors, Appropriate, and An Octoroon—described by one critic as a “trilogy of highly provocative and fantastical explorations of race in America”[1]—radically excavate and revise historical styles of performance or dramatic literature to explore ideas of blackness and racial attitudes in contemporary America.
Date
2019
Publication Title
The Journal of American Drama and Theatre
Publisher
American Theater and Drama Society
Identifier
ISNN 2376-4236
Bibliographic Citation
Verna A. Foster, "Excavating American Theatrical History: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's Neighbors, Appropriate, and An Octoroon." The Journal of American Drama and Theatre. Volume 32, Number 1 (Fall 2019)
