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Start: Victoria: _(Listening to the knoc...

Funnyhouse of a Negro

Duchess of Hapsburg Queen Victoria Regina

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Start: Victoria: (Listening to the knocking.) It is my father. He is arriving again for the night. (The Duchess makes no reply.) He comes through the jungle to find me. He never tires of his journey.

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End: Victoria: But he is dead. Duchess: And he keeps returning.

Kennedy, Adrienne. “Funnyhouse of a Negro.” Adrienne Kennedy in One Act. University of Minnesota Press, 1988, pp. 3-4.

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