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    A Study Guide for John Guare's "A Free Man of Color"
    A Study Guide for John Guare's "A Free Man of Color"
    A Study Guide for John Guare's "A Free Man of Color"
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    A Study Guide for John Guare's "A Free Man of Color"

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    A Study Guide for John Guare's "A Free Man of Color", excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateMay 15, 2018
    ISBN9781410393463
    A Study Guide for John Guare's "A Free Man of Color"

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      A Study Guide for John Guare's "A Free Man of Color" - Gale

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      A Free Man of Color

      John Guare

      2010

      Introduction

      A Free Man of Color, by the American dramatist John Guare, was first produced by Lincoln Center Theater at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, New York City, in December 2010, directed by George C. Wolfe. The play was published in 2014. With lavish costumes and sets, A Free Man of Color presents a witty, fast-moving look at life in the thriving city of New Orleans between 1801 and 1806 and in other locations in Europe and America. The large cast of characters includes many historical figures, such as Napoleon Bonaparte, Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, Toussaint Louverture, and many others. The period depicted was an important one for New Orleans, since in those years it was controlled at different times by Spain, France, and the United States. The play, which is by turns comic and serious, explores issues of freedom and slavery, relations between the races, the nature of identity, and the interplay of money and political power, all set against the background of world events that alter the future of the city.

      Author Biography

      Guare Was Born On February 5, 1938, In New York City. Even As A Child He Was Interested In The Theater, And He Wrote His First Play At The Age Of Eleven. He Graduated With A Ba From Georgetown University In 1960 And Then Attended Yale School Of Drama, Receiving An Ma In Playwriting In 1963. Many Of His Plays During The 1960S Were One-Act Comedies. These Included To Wally Pantoni, We Leave A Credenza (1965), Muzeeka (1968), and Cop-Out (1969). In 1971, one of his most successful plays, the dark comedy The House of Blue Leaves, was produced. Set in Queens, New York City, in 1965, on the day that Pope Paul VI visited New York City, the play won the Drama Critics Circle Award and the Obie Award for Best American Play, 1970–1971. By this time, Guare was establishing a reputation for writing nonrealistic plays that defied traditional categories of genre and also sought to probe beneath surface appearances to reveal a more profound truth. Also in 1971, Guare ventured into musical theater. With Mel Shapiro, he wrote the libretto for the musical Two Gentlemen of Verona, and the two writers shared the 1972 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a musical. (Guare also wrote the book for the musical Sweet Smell of Success in 2002.)

      Later in the 1970s, Guare wrote Marco Polo Sings a Solo (1977) and Bosoms and Neglect

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