The Cherokee Night

E82523

The Cherokee Night is a 1932 experimental play by Cherokee playwright Lynn Riggs that explores the disintegration and survival of Cherokee identity in modern America through a series of loosely connected scenes.


Statements (33)
Predicate Object
instanceOf experimental play
play
theatrical work
author Lynn Riggs
authorEthnicity Cherokee
countryOfOrigin United States
culturalContext Native American literature
ethnicFocus Cherokee people
explores disintegration of Cherokee identity
survival of Cherokee identity
genre drama
experimental theatre
hasCreator Lynn Riggs
hasEthnicBackgroundOfAuthor Cherokee
hasTitle The Cherokee Night
language English
literaryForm play
literaryMovement modernist theatre
medium stage
notableFor early representation of Native American experience in American theatre
experimental dramatic structure
originalForm stage play
partOf American theatre
period 20th-century American drama
playwright Lynn Riggs
publicationYear 1932
setting modern America
structure series of loosely connected scenes
subject Cherokee identity
Native American identity
cultural disintegration
cultural survival
yearOfWork 1932

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
The Cherokee Night
hasTitle
Lynn Riggs
notableWork
Lynn Riggs
wrote

Please wait…