Mountaintop

<p><i>The Mountaintop </i>is published here as a Methuen Drama Student Edition featuring notes and commentary by Harvey Young Dean of the College of Fine Arts Boston University USA. The introduction offers a discussion of key themes including race identity politics magical realism one-act plays historical figures and martyrs. <p/><i>The night before his assassination Martin Luther King Jr. retires to room 306 in the now-famous Lorraine Motel after giving an acclaimed speech to a massive church congregation. When a mysterious young maid visits him to deliver a cup of coffee King is forced to confront his past and the future of his people.</i> <p/>Portraying rhetoric hope and ideals of social change <i>The Mountaintop </i>also explores being human in the face of inevitable death. The play is a dramatic feat of daring originality historical narration and triumphant compassion.</p>