The Mule Bone
LANGSTON HUGHES and ZORA HURSTON
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Description
Langston Hughes and Zora Hurston wrote this comedy of Black town life in three acts. Jim Weston, a guitarist, and Dave Carter, a dancer, are fast friends until both fall for Daisy Taylor, a domestic servant proud of her looks and her clothes. A fight with a mule bone sends the quarrel to the town's church court.
Mayor Joe Clark, two rival ministers, and a chorus of townsfolk turn the trial into a comic contest of pride, faith, and talk. The play's music, dialect, and humor preserve a world its authors knew well, and it stands as a rare joint work by two major writers.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | LANGSTON HUGHES and ZORA HURSTON |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 99 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |