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'''''Bondage''''' is a [[1991]] play by [[David Henry Hwang]] which deals with issues of [[race]] and racial [[stereotypes]]. |
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| premiere = March 1, 1992 |
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| place = [[Actors Theatre of Louisville]] |
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'''''Bondage''''' is a 1992 play by [[United States|American]] [[playwright]] [[David Henry Hwang]]. It deals with issues of [[Race (classification of human beings)|race]] and racial [[stereotypes]] by placing a fully disguised man and woman in an [[Sadomasochism|S & M]] parlor engaging in sexual [[raceplay]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bambooproductions.com/bondage_1.html | title=Ryan Yip - YouTube }}</ref> |
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The play premiered as part of the [[Actors Theatre of Louisville]]'s [[Humana Festival]] on March 1, 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.actorstheatre.org/HUMANA%20FESTIVAL%20CDROM/date.htm |title=Actors Theatre of Louisville Chronology |work=Humana Festival |accessdate=June 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404095637/http://www.actorstheatre.org/HUMANA%20FESTIVAL%20CDROM/date.htm |archivedate=April 4, 2009 }}</ref> It was shown in tandem with [[Suzan-Lori Parks]]' short play ''Devotees in the Garden of Love'' under the title ''Rites of Mating''. It was directed by [[Oskar Eustis]] and featured [[B. D. Wong]] and Hwang's wife [[Kathryn Layng]]. |
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== Plot == |
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The two characters, Mark and Terri are a client and [[dominatrix]] in an [[Sadism and masochism]] parlor in [[Los Angeles]]. Mark's habit is to ask Terri to dominate him in a particular race: in the beginning of the play he asks her to be a white [[WASP]] and he will be an [[Asian]] male. |
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''Bondage'' is published as part of ''Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays'' by [[Theatre Communications Group]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tcg.org/ecommerce/showbookdetails.cfm?ID=TCG572 |title=Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays |work=TCG |accessdate=June 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308132538/http://www.tcg.org/ecommerce/showbookdetails.cfm?ID=TCG572 |archivedate=March 8, 2012 }}</ref> and also in an acting edition published by [[Dramatists Play Service]]. |
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They play through all the racial stereotypes of many different races until they can meet each other simply as Mark and Terri not as their races. |
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{{David Henry Hwang}} |
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'''Mark''' a client at the S&M parlor |
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'''Terri''' a dominatrix |
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[[Category:Plays by David Henry Hwang]] |
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[[Category:1992 plays]] |
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[[Category:Plays about race and ethnicity]] |
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Latest revision as of 01:59, 9 July 2023
| Bondage | |
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| Written by | David Henry Hwang |
| Date premiered | March 1, 1992 |
| Place premiered | Actors Theatre of Louisville |
| Original language | English |
Bondage is a 1992 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. It deals with issues of race and racial stereotypes by placing a fully disguised man and woman in an S & M parlor engaging in sexual raceplay.[1]
The play premiered as part of the Actors Theatre of Louisville's Humana Festival on March 1, 1992.[2] It was shown in tandem with Suzan-Lori Parks' short play Devotees in the Garden of Love under the title Rites of Mating. It was directed by Oskar Eustis and featured B. D. Wong and Hwang's wife Kathryn Layng.
Bondage is published as part of Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays by Theatre Communications Group.[3] and also in an acting edition published by Dramatists Play Service.
References
[edit]- ^ "Ryan Yip - YouTube".
- ^ "Actors Theatre of Louisville Chronology". Humana Festival. Archived from the original on April 4, 2009. Retrieved June 1, 2010.
- ^ "Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays". TCG. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2010.
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