Using the framework of a play within a play, it exposes racial prejudice and stereotypes while exploring black identity. As a troupe of black actors re-enact the trial and ensuing murder of a white woman before a kangaroo court, the Queen and her entourage look on and comment. Five of the 13 black actors don Whiteface to play establishment figures.

Published by Faber

96 pages

Condition; some wear, inked name on title page, a few annotations elsewhere, but overall good condition.