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The first decade of the twenty-first century has been described as witnessing a 'cultural renaissance' of black British playwriting, demonstrated by an increased visibility at London's main theatres, including the National Theatre, the Royal Court, the Soho Theatre, the Tricycle, and even in the West End. At the forefront of this increased visibility are four key playwrights, Kwame Kwei-Armah, debbie tucker green, Roy Williams, and Bola Agbaje, whose plays arguably exemplify twenty-first century black British playwrights' engagement with topical social issues, which have warranted their increased recognition by the mainstream. Through an exploration of these four playwrights' portrayal of a range of topical themes, such as urban crime and violence, domestic and sexual abuse, immigration and asylum, the prison system, global poverty, genocide, and the Iraq War, this book explores both the critical frameworks for analysis of new black playwriting, while mapping the socio-political and theatrical conditions that have heralded the shift from the margins to the mainstream.
Contemporary Black British Playwrights Margins to Mainstream
by Goddard, LynetteFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2015-03-17
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary
Author Biography
Lynette Goddard is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. As well as several journal articles and book chapters on contemporary black British playwriting, her publications include writing Staging Black Feminisms: Identity, Politics, Performance (Palgrave, 2007), co-editing Modern and Contemporary Black British Drama (Palgrave, 2014), and selecting and introducing The Methuen Drama Book of Plays By Black British Writers (Methuen, 2011).
Table of Contents
PART I: CONTEXTS
1.Beyond Identity Politics: Black British Playwrights on the Mainstream
PART II: PLAYWRIGHTS, PLAYS, THEMES
2.Street Life: Black Masculinity and Youth Violence in Roy Williams' 'Urban' Plays
3.Past and Present: Legacies of Slavery in Kwame Kwei-Armah's National Theatre Triptych
4.Breaking the Silence: Women's Solidarity in debbie tucker green's Abuse and Trauma Plays
5.Playing the Game: Race Relations, Racism, and Nation in Roy Williams' Sports Plays
6.Around the World: African and Caribbean Human Rights in debbie tucker green's Global Plays
7.A Slice-of-Life: British-African Social Comedy in Bola Agbaje's Council Estate Plays
8.State-of-the-Nation? Black British Playwrights at the Tricycle Theatre
PART III: CONCLUSIONS
9.Social Issues and Social Debates: Snapshots, Headlines, Conclusions
1.Beyond Identity Politics: Black British Playwrights on the Mainstream
PART II: PLAYWRIGHTS, PLAYS, THEMES
2.Street Life: Black Masculinity and Youth Violence in Roy Williams' 'Urban' Plays
3.Past and Present: Legacies of Slavery in Kwame Kwei-Armah's National Theatre Triptych
4.Breaking the Silence: Women's Solidarity in debbie tucker green's Abuse and Trauma Plays
5.Playing the Game: Race Relations, Racism, and Nation in Roy Williams' Sports Plays
6.Around the World: African and Caribbean Human Rights in debbie tucker green's Global Plays
7.A Slice-of-Life: British-African Social Comedy in Bola Agbaje's Council Estate Plays
8.State-of-the-Nation? Black British Playwrights at the Tricycle Theatre
PART III: CONCLUSIONS
9.Social Issues and Social Debates: Snapshots, Headlines, Conclusions
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