Family Devotions
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| Family Devotions | |
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| Written by | David Henry Hwang |
| Characters | Robert Ama Hannah Chester Wilbur PoPo Joanne Jenny DiGou |
| Date premiered | October 18, 1981 |
| Place premiered | Joseph Papp Public Theater New York City |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | East/West cultural stereotypes; Religion; Family |
| Genre | Drama |
| Setting | Los Angeles; early eighties |
Family Devotions is a 1981 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang[1]. Hwang's third play, it depicts the clash of West and East within three generations of an Americanized Chinese family living in a Los Angeles suburb. The play premiered on October 18, 1981 Off-Broadway at the Joseph Papp Public Theater.[2] It was directed by Robert Allan Ackerman, with Michael Paul Chan, Jodi Long, Lauren Tom, and Victor Wong. The play was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.
It is published as part of Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays by Theatre Communications Group.[3] and also in an acting edition published by Dramatists Play Service.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&title=Family%20Devotions
- ^ "Family Devotions". Public Theater. http://www.publictheater.org/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,99999999/id,528. Retrieved March 27, 2010.[dead link]
- ^ "Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays". TCG. http://tcg.org/ecommerce/showbookdetails.cfm?ID=TCG572. Retrieved June 1, 2010.[dead link]
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