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Set in Atlanta, Georgia between 1948 and 1973, DRIVING MISS DAISY is often praised for its sincerity, dignity and honesty in exploring the sensitive issues of racial, geographical and religious prejudice. Ruth Schudson returns to the MCT stage in the role of Daisy Werthan.
The personal and social conflicts of its characters are at the heart of Driving Miss Daisy. These conflicts result mainly from the mixture of southern and Jewish cultures, a theme about which Uhry, himself a southern Jew, often writes.
The characters in Driving Miss Daisy(1987) are based on people that Uhry knew growing up, including his grandmother and her African-American chauffeur. The play, Uhry’s first, was an instant success, quickly moving from the 74-seat Studio Theatre to another larger Off-Broadway theater and winning for Uhry another Drama Desk nomination.
Pierre Nora (1989), we conceptualize Driving Miss Daisy as memory-theatre, with sites of memory, memory stories and objects, ghosts, hauntings of the past, and a recasting of history to engage memories and cultural identity.
Driving Miss Daisy is a story between two main characters that seem like opposite sides of a coin. By the end of the play, however, they reverse roles. After attending the play, analyze the similarities and differences between Miss Daisy and Hoke by completing the following “Thinking Map.” common qualities unique qualities unique qualities
Pulitzer Prize-winning, Driving Miss Daisy, is set in Atlanta and spans twenty-five years, from 1948 to 1973. When Daisy Wertham, a stubborn, elderly Southern widow, crashes her new car into the neighbor’s garage, her son, Boolie, forces her to take on a chauffeur.
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