"Poker!" by Zora Neale Hurston is a play that takes place in New York, among friends playing poker, where what starts as a simple game quickly turns sour and intense, showing how gambling can reveal hidden tensions and lead to conflict, while highlighting the lively language and cultural nuances of the time and place. The play follows a group of characters as their friendly poker night devolves into accusations and threats over rising bets and suspected cheating. As weapons appear, the play explores morality and fate, leaving spectators to think about the line separating harmless fun and the consequences of destructive choices.
Poker!
By Zora Neale Hurston
A seemingly innocent poker game reveals the dark side of friendship as accusations of cheating lead to rising stakes and drawn weapons.
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2005-05-25
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About the AuthorZora Neale Hurston was an American writer, anthropologist, folklorist, and documentary filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-20th-century American South and published research on Hoodoo and Caribbean Vodou. The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937. She also wrote more than 50 short stories, plays, an autobiography, ethnographies, and many essays.
Zora Neale Hurston was an American writer, anthropologist, folklorist, and documentary filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-20th-century American South and published research on Hoodoo and Caribbean Vodou. The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937. She also wrote more than 50 short stories, plays, an autobiography, ethnographies, and many essays.
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