Lula M. White
Fugard, Athol.
The Bloodknot
. New York: Samuel French, 1964. This is a powerful play about two half-brothers, one black and one who can pass, living under apartheid.
Hansberry, Lorraine.
A Raisin in the Sun
. New York: Samuel French, 1958.
This play has power and a quite deal of wit; it is about a black mother who struggles to do what is best for her extended family in Chicago.
Marquéz, René.
The Oxcart
. New York: Charles Scribner, 1969. A Puerto Rican family leaves its native village in the mountains outside, moves to the slums of San Juan, and finally moves to New York with unhappy consequences.
Miller, Arthur.
Death of a Salesman
. New York: The Viking Press, 1949.
Willy Loman fails as a businessman and as a father; he spends his life living in an illusion.
Williams, Tennessee.
Eight Plays
. Garden City, N.Y.: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., 1979. (
The Glass Menagerie
was published in 1945.)
Mother plans the social future of her crippled, shy daughter while son is torn between dreams of escape and sense of family responsibility.