Synopses & Reviews
Plays included are:
A Bitter Herb by Kwame Kwei-Armah (Introduced by Dr. Fiona Peters, Goldsmiths),
The Far Side by Courttia Newland (Introduced by Burt Caesar),
Identity by Paul Antony Morris (Introduced by Patricia Cumper, Talawa),
Mary Seacole by SuAndi (introduced by Dr. Mina Kasavani, University of Athens),
Absolution by Malika Booker
Urban Afro-Saxons by Patricia Eldridge and Kofi Ageyomi.
Synopsis
Presents the work of six exceptional contemporary black British writers. Each play includes a critical analysis from leading scholars.
Synopsis
Includes the plays A Bitter Herb, Absolution, Identity, The Far Side, Mary Seacole, and Urban Afro-Saxons
This second and sister volume to Hidden Gems showcases a further range of plays by Black British writers whose work reaches beyond themes too-often perceived by mainstream theatre commissioning as defining Black people's experiences. The plays, monodrama and libretto represent subject-matter from woman-centred history, revolutionary politics, trans-racial adoption and African-diasporic familial heritage, as contoured by the writers' boundary crossing profiles as poets, playwrights, performers and directors. The accompanying critical introductions are provided by people committed to recognising the aesthetic and political significance of the work, and its necessary inclusion in British theatre and literary history.