{"product_id":"the-mountaintop-paperback","title":"The Mountaintop - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatori Hall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFaedra Chatard Carpenter\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eExactly one year ago, I stood in that crumbling pulpit in Riverside and shouted that this war would be our own violent undoing, freedom's suicide . . . Well, I'll tell you, there weren't too many Amens that Sunday. But who is a man who does not speak his mind? He is not a man, but I am a man.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe night before his assassination, King retires to room 306 in the now-famous Lorraine Motel after giving an acclaimed speech to a massive church congregation. When a mysterious young maid visits him to deliver a cup of coffee, King is forced to confront his past and the future of his people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePortraying rhetoric, hope and ideals of social change, \u003ci\u003eThe Mountaintop \u003c\/i\u003ealso explores being human in the face of inevitable death. The play is a dramatic feat of daring originality, historical narration and triumphant compassion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Modern Classics edition of the play features a foreword by Michael Eric Dyson and an introduction by Faedra Chatard Carpenter, Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Theatre, University of Maryland.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatori Hall \u003c\/b\u003eis from Memphis, Tennessee. Her play \u003ci\u003eThe Mountaintop\u003c\/i\u003e was first produced to great acclaim at Theatre503, London, in June 2009, and received a transfer to the Trafalgar Studios, London, the following month. It won the Olivier Award for Best New Play in 2010, and opened in Broadway's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, New York City, in October 2011. Other plays include \u003ci\u003eHurt Village\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHoodoo\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLove\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRemembrance\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night\/Sunday Morning\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWHADDABLOODCLOT!!!, The Hope Well \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePussy Valley\u003c\/i\u003e. Her numerous awards include the 2007 Fellowship of Southern Writers Bryan Family Award in Drama, a 2006 New York Foundation of the Arts Fellowship in Playwriting and Screenwriting, a residency at the Royal Court Theatre in 2006, and the 2005 Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFaedra Chatard Carpenter\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 16, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42734878883903,"sku":"9781472587718","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/466903e79941095818aa86030a5a3b6f.webp?v=1765141423","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-mountaintop-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}