Kwei-Armah Plays: 1: Elmina's Kitchen; Fix Up; Statement of Regret; Let There Be Love

ISBN-13: 9781408115602 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 352 str.

Kwame Kwei-Armah

Opis

This collection highlights the work of critically-acclaimed playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah who has brought a distinctive new voice and examination of multiculturalism to the London stage. Included are a trilogy of plays commissioned and produced by the National Theatre in London between 2003 and 2008, and Let There Be Love, first produced at the Tricycle Theatre, London, in 2008. Elmina's Kitchen won numerous awards as was hailed as "A scorching drama about the black experience in Britain's inner cities. . . there is no mistaking its raw power, humanity and urgent concern."--Daily Telegraph Fix Up explores race and cultural roots and heritage with verve and wit, setting heritage against the inexorable march of time and change. Statement of Regret explores tensions within the Black community in Britain amid changes in the team leading an influential Black policy think-tank. Let There Be Love was acclaimed as "a smart and possibly noble exploration of what it takes to be human and happy."--The Evening Standard The volume is introduced by the author and features a chronology of his work

Recenzje

'This is a valuable quartet of honest, touching and powerful plays.' www.whatsonstage.com (September 2009)

Spis treści

Elmina's Kitchen; Fix Up; Statement of Regret; Let There Be Love

O autorze

Kwame Kwei-Armah is British actor, playwright, director, singer and broadcaster. In 2018 he was made Artistic Director of the Young Vic Theatre, where he has directed Twelfth Night and Tree. From 2011 to 2018 he was the Artistic Director of Baltimore Center Stage where his directing credits include: Jazz, Marley, One Night in Miami, Amadeus, and Dance of the Holy Ghosts. As a playwright his credits include Tree (Manchester International Festival, Young Vic), One Love (Birmingham Repertory Theatre), Beneatha's Place (Baltimore Center Stage) Elmina's Kitchen, Fix Up, Statement of Regret (National Theatre) Let There Be Love and Seize the Day (Tricycle Theatre). Kwame was an Associate Director of the Donmar Warehouse and has served on the boards of the National Theatre, Tricycle Theatre, and Theatre Communications Group. He is Chair of the 2019 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, was Chancellor of the University of the Arts London from 2010 to 2015, and in 2012 was awarded an OBE for Services to Drama.