Synopsis
New Plays - Bad Girls & Black Water & The Passion of Henry David Thoreau
Published by George Braziller
Bad Girls is the story of three teenage sisters who ruin the life of the man who comes between them and their single mother
Black Water is a dramatization of Oates's widely acclaimed novel of that title
The Passion of Henry David Thoreau is a portrayal of the turbulent life and premature death of Thoreau one of America`s great nineteenth-century writers
The subjects of the shorter pieces range widely, from a serial murder to a nightmarish visit to an adoption agency. In plays ranging from the realistic to the surreal, Oates convincingly demonstrates her mastery of the form