“Day of Absence: A Satirical Fantasy”
| Title | “Day of Absence: A Satirical Fantasy” |
| Year for Search | 1966 |
| Authors | Ward, Douglas Turner(b. 1939) |
| Secondary Title | Happy Ending and Day of Absence. Two Plays |
| Pagination | 27-58 |
| Date Published | 1966 |
| Publisher | Dramatists Play Service |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | African American author, Male author |
| Annotation | The play takes place in one typical dystopian small Southern town in which all the Negroes disappear for one day and shows how completely the whites are dependent on them. The play was first performed November 15, 1965, at the St. Mark’s Playhouse, New York. |
| Info Notes | The play was first performed November 15, 1965 at the St. Mark’s Playhouse, New York |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | African-American author (b. 1939) |
| Full Text | 1966 Ward, Douglas Turner (b. 1930). “Day of Absence: A Satirical Fantasy.” In his Happy Ending and Day of Absence. Two Plays (New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1966), 27-58. PSt The play takes place in one typical dystopian small Southern town in which all the Negroes disappear for one day and shows how completely the whites are dependent on them. The play was first performed November 15, 1965, at the St. Mark’s Playhouse, New York. African American author. |
