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FOB and Other Plays by David Henry Hwang [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

FOB and other plays - screenA collection of six plays by groundbreaking Asian American playwright, David Henry Hwang, including his much-produced contemporary classic, FOB, the gender-bender Broadway hit, M. Butterfly, and the Philip Glass collaboration, 1000 Airplanes on the Roof.

Hwang was the first Asian American to find major success on the American stage, including Broadway. His M. Butterfly, a Tony Award-winning bona-fide hit on the Great White Way, was the most critically and commercially successful play ever written by an Asian American.

Review: “Asian American Titles,” What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature, Gale Research, 1997

Readers: Adult

Published: 1990

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