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The Foundling Father

The America Play

Suzan-Lori Parks

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Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult, Mature Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act One
Time & Place
the Great Hole of History, unspecified time
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)

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The Lesser Known left his wife and child and went out West finally. Between the meat and the vegetables. A monumentous journey. Enduring all the elements.

[... … …]

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The public was invited to pay a penny, choose from the selection of provided pistols, enter the darkened box, and “Shoot Mr. Lincoln.” The Lesser Known became famous overnight.

For full extended monologue, please refer to the script edition cited here: Suzan-Lori Parks, The America Play, Dramatists Play Service, 1995,

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