Driving Miss Daisy (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Alfred Uhry
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1948-1973
- Setting: In and around Atlanta, Georgia
- Principal Characters: Daisy Werthan, Hoke Coleburn, Boolie Werthan
- Genres: Social realism, Drama
- Subjects: Civil rights, United States or Americans, Class conflict, Racism, South or Southerners, Twentieth century, Interracial relationships, Prejudices or antipathies, Friendship, Class consciousness, Georgia, Multiculturalism, Old age or elderly people, Aging
- Locales: Atlanta, GA
The Play
Set in Atlanta during the 1940’s through the 1970’s, Alfred Uhry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Driving Miss Daisy, is an engaging drama that captures effectively the blossoming friendship between two unlikely characters—Miss Daisy, a wealthy, elderly Jewish widow, and Hoke, her African American chauffeur. Uhry explores the nuances of their growing personal affinity within the context of Atlanta, historically the locale of economic instability and significant civil rights activity. Proudly self-reliant, independent and sprightly, Miss Daisy is forced by...
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