Happy Ending, and Day of Absence

Name: Happy Ending, and Day of Absence
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ISBN: 9780822202776

ISBN-10: 0822202778

ISBN-13: 9780822202776

Edition: N/A

Authors: Douglas T. Ward

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THE STORIES: HAPPY ENDING. The story of two sisters, Ellie and Vi, who work as maid and laundress for the wealthy Harrisons. As the play begins they are sitting at the kitchen table in a tenement apartment in Harlem, lamenting the end of their good times. Mr. Harrison has discovered his wife in an act of infidelity. The sisters fear that if the marriage breaks up they will be both out of a job. Their nephew, Junie, chides them for their slavish sentiments at a time when blacks are on the march toward liberation. But Ellie explains the facts of life to him: how she feeds and dresses her relatives and furnishes their homes at the Harrison's expense. I know the pay is bad, she declares, but…

Book details

List price: $9.00
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/1/1966
Binding: Paperback
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.132
Language: English