Tobacco Road (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jack Kirkland
- First Published: 1934
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The early 1930’s
- Setting: Rural Georgia
- Principal Characters: Jeeter Lester, Ada Lester, Dude Lester, Ellie May Lester, Lov Bensey, Pearl, Sister Bessie
- Genres: Social realism, Drama, Domestic tragedy
- Subjects: Sex or sexuality, South or Southerners, Communication, Rural or country life, 1930’s, Poverty or poor people, Georgia, Farms, farmers, or farming, Hunger
- Locales: Georgia
The Play
Tobacco Road is set in the backwoods of Georgia, about thirty miles from Augusta. All three acts take place on Jeeter Lester’s farm, situated at the end of a tobacco road. The squalid shack and land, once prosperous from tobacco crops, are now completely run-down and everything is in complete ruin. The play opens in late afternoon. Jeeter Lester sits on his dilapidated front porch attempting to patch a worn-out inner tube while his son, Dude, viciously throws a ball against the side of the house. Jeeter yells at Dude, and they begin arguing. Grandma Lester...
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