ABSTRACT

Black British Drama: A Transnational Story looks afresh at the ways black theatre in Britain is connected to and informed by the spaces of Africa, the Caribbean and the USA.

Michael Pearce offers an exciting new approach to reading modern and contemporary black British drama, examining plays by a range of writers including Michael Abbensetts, Mustapha Matura, Caryl Phillips, Winsome Pinnock, Kwame Kwei-Armah, debbie tucker green, Roy Williams and Bola Agbaje. Chapters combine historical documentation and discussion with close analysis to provide an in-depth, absorbing account of post-war black British drama situated within global and transnational circuits.

A significant contribution to black British and black diaspora theatre studies, Black British Drama is a must-read for scholars and students in this evolving field.

chapter |23 pages

Introduction

section II|64 pages

The Caribbean

chapter 5|20 pages

Coming to Voice

Roy Williams’ The No Boys Cricket Club, Lift Off, Fallout and Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads 1

chapter 6|19 pages

African Accents

Bola Agbaje’s Gone Too Far!, Detaining Justice and Off the Endz

section III|63 pages

Africa

chapter 7|23 pages

Home to Host-Land and the Hyphen in-between

African British diasporic dramas since the 1990s

chapter 8|12 pages

Multiple Personality Diasporic Disorder

Inua Ellams’ The 14th Tale and Untitled

chapter 9|16 pages

Empathy in Diaspora

debbie tucker green’s stoning mary, generations and truth and reconciliation

chapter 10|10 pages

Conclusion