Dutchman and The Slave: Two Plays

Dutchman and The Slave: Two Plays

<p>Centered squarely on the Negro-white conflict, both <em>Dutchman </em>and <em>The Slave </em>are literally shocking plays--in ideas, in language, in honest anger. They illuminate as with a flash of lightning a deadly serious problem--and they bring an eloquent and exceptionally powerful voice to the American theatre.</p><p><em>Dutchman </em>opened in New York City on March 24, 1964, to perhaps the most excited acclaim ever accorded an off-Broadway production and shortly thereafter received the <em>Village Voice's </em>Obie Award. <em>The Slave, </em>which was produced off-Broadway the following fall, continues to be the subject of heated critical controversy.