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The play tells the parallel stories of two interracial relationships — one set on a plantation in 1850 between a white male slave owner and an enslaved Black man and another set in the present. 'Complaints from students and faculty that the play inappropriately romanticizes the era of slavery' and 'an anonymous vote by student participants' put an end to the production, reports Lee, and has led to an examination of how plays are selected.
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