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Three Major Plays: Tattoos, School Play, Tyrannos

These three contemporary plays by the father of ethnographic burlesque address human relations in the context of changing American social mores and political realities. Tattooswitnesses a father hitting on his son's wife while the son if off at bootcamp.School Playtells of an oppositional yet strangely connective relationship between a young black African male and his middle-aged, unsuccessful white college instructor.Tyrannosweaves elements ofOedipus Rexinto a darkly comic tale of modern authoritarianism. Of William Young'sBlue and Other Stories,Kirkus Reviews writes, "A richly textured, engrossing collection of tales about people discovering who and why they love."Read more

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