Dutchman D-File
DUTCHMAN
A Dramaturgical Resource Website
Play Synopsis
Lula is a ghostly and beautiful woman bent on destroying young and educated Black men. She rides the subway "heaped in modern myth" like a specter hungry for souls. Her game of strategy begins with flirtation, then builds to seduction and ends mysteriously. Can Clay, her next “wide-eyed prey” evade her cunning traps? Dutchman is a play where nothing is at it seems. It runs deep with myth and allusion. Is this a retelling of the Flying Dutchman, the legend of a ship cursed to wander the seas forever bringing death to any vessels unlucky enough to meet it? Is it an allegory about racial tensions in the United States: the story of how the black middle class has been seduced by the false invitation to be bedfellows of white elites? Come see for yourself.
ABOUT THIS WEBSITE
This is a dramaturgical resource website created by Amy Abrigo and Ian Notte about Dutchman, a play by Amiri Baraka (formerly LeRoi Jones). The navigation menu can be found in the top right corner indicated by three lines. The complete "E-file" can be downloaded below. Please note this entire website was created for a class assignment and is not for an actual production. It's contents are purely the opinions of its creators.
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