Wine in the Wilderness | Critical Overview
Critics frequently discuss Wine in the Wilderness in terms of Childress’s successful characterization of Tommy as an African-American heroine. Susan Bennett, in the International Dictionary of Theater, notes that Childress’s ‘‘creation of many major female characters’’ is ‘‘perhaps the most significant contribution’’ of her plays.
Elizabeth Brown-Guillory, in ‘‘Images of Blacks in Plays by Black Women,’’ praises Childress as a creator of plausible heroines in her dramatic works, particularly Wine in the Wilderness. She asserts,...
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