The Ohio State Murders (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Adrienne Kennedy
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Play
- Genres: Drama
- Subjects: African Americans, Teaching or teachers, Children, Memory, Racism, Murder or homicide, Prejudices or antipathies, Pregnancy, College life, Students or student life
- Locales: Ohio
The Ohio State Murders was commissioned by the Great Lakes Theater Festival of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1989. It was directed by Gerald Freedman for the Great Lakes Theater Festival's thirtieth anniversary season as a part of the nonprofit company's 1992 Adrienne Kennedy Festival. The play is presented in multiple brief scenes filtered through the memory of the present Suzanne, who acts as narrator. From the stacks of the university library, the writer relives the debasing experiences of Suzanne as a college student from 1949 to 1951.
As a black student, Suzanne is the target...
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