Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Lynn Nottage
Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Lynn Nottage
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Crumbs from the Table of Joy

Author: Lynn Nottage

Narrator: Charlayne Woodard, Full Cast

Unabridged: 1 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/25/2010


Synopsis

The Crump family is adrift and in trouble. Widowed Godfrey is under the spell of Sweet Father Divine, while his teen daughters, Ernestine and Ermina, immerse themselves in the illusions of Hollywood to escape racial prejudice. But things change quickly when free-spirited Aunt Lily shows up: Godfrey remarries a white woman, Ermina discovers boys, and Ernestine is torn between Communism and bebop! Playwright Lynn Nottage received the 2009 Pulitzer Prize winner for her play Ruined.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:
Deidrie Henry as Ernestine Crump
Russell Hornsby as Godfrey Crump
Tinashe Kajese as Ermina Crump
Kate Steele as Gerte
Charlayne Woodard as Lily Ann Green

Directed by Seret Scott. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Josh on December 20, 2020

3.5 stars This is my second expedition into a Lynn Nottage play and while I find there her plays possess great potential and have great stories, they would benefit much more if they were longer and allowed their stories to flow. It is like an Italian sub with a thick bread and only one slice of each......more

Goodreads review by Emilie on January 17, 2024

“In the movies, the darkness precedes everything. In the darkness, the theatre whispers with anticipation.” A fun little play, arms open to the future in all its theatricality.......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on February 17, 2025

Really beautiful play. I have no idea why this isn’t one of her more known plays. The complexity of white-saviorism as well as belief in oneself was really moving.......more

Goodreads review by Tami on September 16, 2022

This play is great at showing characters with very different struggles and viewpoints and exploring how they might interact with each other, whether that is peacefully or belligerently (mostly belligerently), and the injustices of their world. All the symbolism in the story and the 1950's iconograph......more

Goodreads review by sam on July 24, 2022

i was forced to read this but in hindsight, i am thankful. what an incredible play, truly. opened my eyes, and also closed rhem - as rhis play gave me a reason to live , to breathe. i love these characters with every fibre of my being and wrote countless literary essays about this play. wish i coukd......more