Harlem Duet
Winner of the Governor General's Award for Drama. Winner of the Chalmers Play Award. A rhapsodic blues tragedy. Harlem Duet could be the prelude to Shakepeare's Othello, and recounts the tale of Othello and his first wife Billie (yes, before Desdemona). Set in contemporary Harlem at the corner of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X boulevards, the play explores the space where race and sex intersect. Harlem Duet is Billie's story.
Djanet Sears is a playwright, actor and director of Jamaican and Guyanese descent born in England and based in Ontario.
Other publications from this author include:
- Afrika, Solo (2011)
- The Adventures of A Black Girl in Search of God (2003)
- Who Killed Katie Ross (1995)
- The Mother Project (1991)
- Double Trouble (1988)