Family Devotions
Play written by David Henry Hwang
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::summary Play written by David Henry Hwang ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox play"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Family Devotions |
| writer | David Henry Hwang |
| characters | Robert |
| Ama | |
| Hannah | |
| Chester | |
| Wilbur | |
| PoPo | |
| Joanne | |
| Jenny | |
| DiGou | |
| setting | Los Angeles; early eighties |
| premiere | October 18, 1981 |
| place | Joseph Papp Public Theater |
| New York City | |
| orig_lang | English |
| subject | East/West cultural stereotypes; Religion; Family |
| genre | Drama |
| :: |
| name = Family Devotions | image = | image_size = | caption = | writer = David Henry Hwang | characters = Robert Ama Hannah Chester Wilbur PoPo Joanne Jenny DiGou | setting = Los Angeles; early eighties | premiere = October 18, 1981 | place = Joseph Papp Public Theater New York City | orig_lang = English | subject = East/West cultural stereotypes; Religion; Family | genre = Drama Family Devotions is a 1981 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. Hwang's third play depicts the clash of West and East within three generations of an assimilated Chinese-American family living in a Los Angeles suburb. The play premiered on October 18, 1981 Off-Broadway at the Joseph Papp Public Theater. It was directed by Robert Allan Ackerman, with Michael Paul Chan, Jodi Long, Lauren Tom, and Victor Wong. The play was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.
It is published as part of Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays by Theatre Communications Group. It is also in an acting edition published by Dramatists Play Service.
References
References
- "Archived copy".
- "Family Devotions". Public Theater.
- "Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays". TCG.
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