Redwood Curtain (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Lanford Wilson
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Work: Play
- Genres: Drama
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Twentieth century, California, Vietnam War, Fathers, Veterans, Adoption or adopted children, Forests or forestry, Pianos or pianists, Lumber or lumbering
- Locales: California
The play's main character is Geri, a seventeen-year-old whose mother is a Vietnamese florist and whose father, an American GI, impregnated his lover and then disappeared. Another American soldier found Geri and took her to the United States. This soldier, Laird Riordan, and his wife, Julia, adopted Geri and raised her in California. Geri develops into a concert pianist who has a promising career before her. At seventeen, she already has a lucrative record contract with Sony.
Laird has carefully groomed Geri for the musical career that is now within reach for her. An alcoholic,...
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