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Joe Turner's Come and Gone: A Play in Two Acts
Joe Turner's Come and Gone A Play in Two Acts
Author: August Wilson, Romulus Linney (Foreword)
When Harold Loomis arrives at a black Pittsburgh boardinghouse after seven years' impressed labor on Joe Turner's chain gang, he is a free man -- in body. But the scars of his enslavement and a sense of inescapable alienation oppress his spirit still, and the seemingly hospitable rooming house seethes with tension and distrust in the pre...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781417787975
ISBN-10: 141778797X
Publication Date: 10/1/1992
Pages: 94
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Publisher: Turtleback
Book Type: Library Binding
Other Versions: Paperback
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This is a bit too far out for my tastes, but then thats me. Before reading this play, research Joe Turner. There is more than that which is hinted on the rear cover. Particularly, you will want to understand the come and gone portion of the title. Scene two of Act two brings this out if you pay careful attention to the blues song and the script.


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