Description
Set against the charged backdrop of American racial history, these two landmark plays—“Dutchman” and “The Slave”—follow encounters that quickly turn into confrontations with power, identity, and survival. Through sharply staged dialogue and escalating tension, the works trace how systems of oppression shape both public roles and private selves, forcing characters to confront what they have been made to represent. Baraka’s writing is bold and confrontational, blending theatrical immediacy with poetic intensity to examine themes of racism, exploitation, and the search for agency. Together, the plays offer a searing, thought-provoking look at how history lives inside the present—and what it costs to resist it.
Available Editions
paperback
Harper Perennial
Published Jan 1, 1971
96 pages
ISBN: 9780688210847
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Details
First Published
1964
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Dutchman & The Slave: Two Plays by LeRoi Jones by Amiri Baraka.