Ishmael Reed

Ishmael Reed''s career as one of our great playwrights has long been eclipsed by his other work. Here published for the first time, Reed''s plays follow the ancient tradition of using the theater as a forum in which the official versions of our history can be critiqued. Dealing with subjects that mainstream theatergoers might find disturbing—homelessness, the arbitrary entrapment of a black politi...