''Bondage'' is a 1992 play by American

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes play (theatre), plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between Character (arts), characters and is intended for Theatre, theatrical performance rather than just Readin ...

David Henry Hwang David Henry Hwang (born August 11, 1957) is an American playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and theater professor at Columbia University in New York City. He has won three Obie Awards for his plays '' FOB'', '' Golden Child'', and '' Yellow ...

. It deals with issues of race and racial

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by placing a fully disguised man and woman in an S & M parlor engaging in sexual raceplay. The play premiered as part of the

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on March 1, 1992. It was shown in tandem with

Suzan-Lori Parks Suzan-Lori Parks (born May 10, 1963) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. Her play '' Topdog/Underdog'' won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2002; Parks was the first African-American woman to receive the award for drama. She wa ...

' short play ''Devotees in the Garden of Love'' under the title ''Rites of Mating''. It was directed by Oskar Eustis and featured B. D. Wong and Hwang's wife Kathryn Layng. ''Bondage'' is published as part of ''Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays'' by

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. and also in an acting edition published by

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