Dutchman
Dutchman Author: Imamu Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones)
First Performance: 1964, New York
Published: 1964
Genre: Drama in 1 act
Setting: Subway carriage, New York, 1960s
Cast: 3m, 1f, extras
On a hot summer's day, Clay, a young black college graduate, is riding the subway to a friend's party. Lula, an attractive white woman, sits down beside him, saying that she came to find him after seeing him through the window at the last station. She begins to flirt with him, surprising him by making accurate guesses about his aspirational lifestyle. Prompted by her, he asks her to the party, and she promises ‘fun in the dark house’ afterwards at her apartment. As the carriage fills with passengers, Lula becomes more and more uncontrolled, finally swaying sensuously and demanding that Clay dance with her and ‘rub bellies...
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