Keely and Du (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jane Martin
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1993
- Setting: Providence, Rhode Island
- Principal Characters: Keely, Du, Walter, Cole
- Genres: Social realism, Drama, Women’s literature
- Subjects: Crime or criminals, Religion, Pregnancy, Christianity, Abortion, Kidnapping, Childbirth
- Locales: Rhode Island
The Play
Written as a one-act play but with a possible intermission after the climactic thirteenth scene, Jane Martin’s emotional Keely and Du chronicles the fate of Keely from the last preparations for her imprisonment through her eventual release. Set almost exclusively in a sparsely furnished basement that has been converted into a prison, the play focuses on Keely’s developing and changing relationship with her adversary Du, the fundamentalist Christian who guards her to prevent her from terminating her unwanted pregnancy.
In the beginning, Du waits for...
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