Ragged Dick
Ragged Dick by Neal Bell, published by Broadway Play Publishing on December 6, 2016, is a dramatic exploration of the slums of 1890s New York. This edition contains 116 pages and is presented in English. The narrative follows journalist Dick Hunter as he sets out to document the harsh realities of poverty and abuse, revealing the grim conditions faced by those living in the urban underbelly of the city.
Readers will find a vivid portrayal of the struggles within these communities, as the play delves into themes of sex, politics, and poverty. Bell’s work offers a stylized and impressionistic vision of urban life, capturing the complexities of existence in a slum environment. The text addresses various social issues, including venereal disease and child abuse, providing a stark commentary on the human condition during this historical period.
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Journalist Dick Hunter sets out to document the slums of 1890’s New York where he discovers harrowing conditions of poverty and abuse.
“Neal Bell’s play RAGGED DICK is a lurid, poetic and often fascinating study of sex, politics and poverty.
…Bell’s landscape painting of urban poverty does not take the form of any ordinary docudrama. Rather, it offers a caustic, stylized impressionistic vision–a kind of film noir for the pre-ragtime era reminiscent of novelist E L Doctorow’s work…
In RAGGED DICK, Bell looks straight in the eye of everything that can breed in a slum: venereal disease, ravaged babies, corrupt and brutal cops, child abuse, warped sex and shattered souls of all descriptions. And he describes it all in startlingly original terms.”
Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times
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