{"product_id":"fetch-clay-make-man-a-play-9781468311099","title":"Fetch Clay, Make Man: A Play","description":"\u003cb\u003eWill Powers's play \u003ci\u003eFetch Clay, Make Man\u003c\/i\u003e examines the relationship between actor Stephin Fetchit and boxing legend Muhammad Ali.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set on the eve of the Cassius Clay-Sonny Liston rematch, and based on the friendship between the actor Stepin Fetchit and Clay--soon to become Muhammad Ali--\u003ci\u003eFetch Clay, Make Man\u003c\/i\u003e explores how each handled a life in the public eye as black men in their respective eras--Hollywood in the 1920s, where a black actor's career depended on playing caricatures, and the mid-1960s, after the assassination of Malcolm X. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With \"incisive characterizations, crackling dialogue and generous doses of dark humor\" (\u003ci\u003eHollywood Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eFetch Clay, Make Man\u003c\/i\u003e audaciously recreates this improbable friendship and, through the relationship, digs to the heart of race relations during the highly charged days of 1960s America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Throws plenty of verbal punches.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Delivers a potent and satisfying wallop.\" --\u003ci\u003eNY Newsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWill Power is a performer and playwright whose plays have been produced at New York Theatre Workshop, the Actors Theatre of Louisville, La Jolla Playhouse and many others. His play \"The Seven \"won the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical and his solo shows \"The Gathering\" and \"The Flow \"have toured to over 70 cities. Power is currently on the faculty at The Meadows School of the Arts\/SMU and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Playwright in Residence with the Dallas Theatre Center.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Overlook Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50337814184210,"sku":"9781468311099","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_16e97715-d950-4821-8d64-87cd02a75e06.jpg?v=1727970399","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fetch-clay-make-man-a-play-9781468311099","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}