Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Preston Jones
- First Published: 1976
- Type of Plot: Naturalistic
- Time of Work: 1953, 1963, and 1973
- Setting: Bradleyville, West Texas
- Principal Characters: Lu Ann Hampton, Skip Hampton, Claudine Hampton, Billy Bob Wortman, Dale Laverty, Red Grover, Corky Oberlander, Rufe Phelps, Olin Potts
- Genres: Domestic realism, Naturalistic literature, Drama
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, Family or family life, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, South or Southerners, Marriage, West, U.S., Small-town life, Life, philosophy of, Texas, Time, Comedy
- Locales: Bradleyville, TX
The Play
Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander opens in the living room of the Hampton house in Bradleyville, Texas, in 1953. Teenage Lu Ann Hampton runs into the house dressed in her Bradleyville High School cheerleading uniform, followed by boyfriend Billy Bob Wortman. He is dressed in a white shirt, Levi’s, boots, and a Bradleyville High School letter sweater. Billy Bob is a typical small-town boy of the 1950’s, except that today his hair is green. The basketball players decided to startle the school at this morning’s pep rally.
Lu Ann and Billy Bob argue...
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