One character in this play recounts being cheated out of his farm by Jim Stovall, and later resolves to go back to Natchez and reclaim it. Another character in this play deliberately cuts her legs with a razor in order to prevent men from approaching her. This play takes place during the funeral of Prophet Samuel, and opens with the arrival of a man recently released from the penitentiary, who later takes Holloway's advice to see Aunt Ester. It e
One character in this play recounts being cheated out of his farm by Jim Stovall, and later resolves to go back to Natchez and reclaim it. Another character in this play deliberately cuts her legs with a razor in order to prevent men from approaching her. This play takes place during the funeral of Prophet Samuel, and opens with the arrival of a man recently released from the penitentiary, who later takes Holloway's advice to see Aunt Ester. It ends with the death of a character who painted a fence for the butcher Lutz years ago, but received a chicken instead of a promised ham, causing him to ominously insist "I want my ham." Risa agrees to attend a Malcolm X rally with Sterling in this play, which is set in Memphis Lee's diner in 1969. Taking place between Fences and Jitney in its author's Pittsburgh Cycle, for 10 points, name this play by August Wilson.
One character in this play recounts being cheated out of his farm by Jim Stovall, and later resolves to go back to Natchez and reclaim it.
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