Alfred Fagon Selected Plays

Author : Alfred Fagon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-22
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781350270862

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Alfred Fagon Selected Plays by Alfred Fagon Pdf

Despite the legacy of his eponymous award, Alfred Fagon's stage works have often been forgotten due to them not being available. This anthology of selected plays brings together his shorter works for the first time into one volume that expands his legacy and confirms his place as one of Britain's key writing talents of the twentieth century. Originally an actor, Fagon's writing for the stage, film and television grew throughout the early 1970s, before his breakaway hit The Death of A Black Man was produced at the Hampstead Theatre in 1975. Now one of British theatre's most well-known names, Fagon's legacy is secured due in no small part to the commemorative award in his honour that was established following his death in 1986, to recognise Black British playwrights from the Caribbean, resident in the United Kingdom. Brought together with a critical introduction from Dawn Walton OBE, this collection also includes a reflection and response from a former winner of the Alfred Fagon award, Juliet Gilkes Romero. The plays include: A Day in the Bristol Air Raid Shelter Adventure Inside Thirteen Four Hundred Pounds No Soldiers in St Paul's Shakespeare Country Small World Weekend Lovers

Author : Alfred Fagon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-30
Category : English drama
ISBN : 1350270873

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Alfred Fagon Selected Plays by Alfred Fagon Pdf

Despite the legacy of his eponymous award, Alfred Fagon's stage works have often been forgotten due to them not being available. This anthology of selected plays brings together his shorter works for the first time into one volume that expands his legacy and confirms his place as one of Britain's key writing talents of the twentieth century. Originally an actor, Fagon's writing for the stage, film and television grew throughout the early 1970s, before his breakaway hit The Death of A Black Man was produced at the Hampstead Theatre in 1975. Now one of British theatre's most well-known names, Fagon's legacy is secured due in no small part to the commemorative award in his honour that was established following his death in 1986, to recognise Black British playwrights from the Caribbean, resident in the United Kingdom. Brought together with a critical introduction from Dawn Walton OBE, this collection also includes a reflection and response from a former winner of the Alfred Fagon award, Juliet Gilkes Romero. The plays include: A Day in the Bristol Air Raid Shelter Adventure Inside Thirteen Four Hundred Pounds No Soldiers in St Paul's Shakespeare Country Small World Weekend Lovers.

Author : N. F. Simpson
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780571304912

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N. F. Simpson: Collected Plays by N. F. Simpson Pdf

N. F. Simpson was one of the leading exponents of the theatre of the absurd, and is best known for his play A Resounding Tinkle, made famous by its premiere at the Royal Court in 1957, and later to star Peter Cook. But beyond that he was a major force in the satire boom of the sixties, and wrote much exceptional comedy for film and TV for the likes of John Cleese, Beryl Reid, Hattie Jacques and Eric Sykes, as well as a number of brilliantly funny plays for theatre, which starred big names such as Harold Pinter and Kenneth Williams. His influence on everyone from Peter Cook's much-loved character E. L. Wisty to Monty Python's Flying Circus helped spawn a generation of incredible comic talent. Plays included in the collection are A Resounding Tinkle, The Hole, Gladly Otherwise, One Way Pendulum, The Cresta Run, Was He Anyone? and his final work, If So, Then Yes, first performed in 2010. This collection celebrates the work of this lost comic genius, and seeks to put his reputation back at the heart of British - and world - comedy.

Author : Alfred Fagon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350270145

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The Death of a Black Man by Alfred Fagon Pdf

At least I am my own boss. No regrets. I choose what I do. I am lucky It's 1973 and the West Indies have spectacularly beaten England at their own game, in their own backyard. Shakie, an 18-year-old super-savvy wheeler-dealer, is in his element – and not just because of the cricket. Life is good: his furniture business is making serious money and he owns a flat on the King's Road, the epicentre of everything that's cool. Moreover, his best friend Stumpie has come up with a plan to crack the booming music industry together - the possibilities are endless so when Shakie's ex-lover Jackie arrives at the Chelsea flat, the trio toast the future. The champagne is flowing and ambition is running sky high - but how far will they go, and who will they sacrifice, in their quest to be rich beyond their wildest dreams? The Death of a Black Man received its world premiere at Hampstead Theatre in 1975. This new edition is published to coincide with its return to Hampstead Theatre, 46 years on, in May 2021.

Author : Annie Castledine
Publisher : London ; New York : Methuen
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : American drama
ISBN : UCSC:32106008964360

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Plays by Women by Annie Castledine Pdf

Author : Michelene Wandor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : English drama
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006995299

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Plays by Women: Thatcher's women by Michelene Wandor Pdf

Author : Michael Bhim
Publisher : Methuen Drama
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09-27
Category : Drama
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131767316

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Pure Gold by Michael Bhim Pdf

Opening at Soho Theatre, London, in September 2007 in a co-production with Talawa Theatre Company, Pure Gold is the debut work by Michael Bhim, winner of the Alfred Fagon Award.

Author : Alfred Fagon
Publisher : Oberon Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015050155384

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Fagon: Plays by Alfred Fagon Pdf

Includes the plays 11 Josephine House, The Death of a Black Man and Lonely Cowboy Jamaican-born Fagon came to England at the age of 18, working first on the railways, and then enlisting in the army, where he became a boxing champion. He soon became a leading figure in black theatre. His characters, with explosive consequences, struggle to live in a hostile British culture as exiles from their spiritual home. This collection spans the whole of Fagon’s remarkable writing career. He died in 1986 at the tragically early age of 49.

Author : Charlene James
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780571329649

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Cuttin' It by Charlene James Pdf

We're opposites, even though we came from the same, she's nuttin like me, an that shames me. Teenagers Muna and Iqra catch the same school bus. They were both born in Somalia but their backgrounds are very different. What they share is a painful secret. Tracking the urgent issue of FGM in Britain, this devastating play reveals the price some girls pay to become women. Cuttin' It premieres at the Young Vic, London, in May 2016. Charlene James is the winner of the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright and the Alfred Fagon Award for Best New Play.

Author : Michael Bhim
Publisher : Josef Weinberger Plays
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015074228324

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How Long is Never? by Michael Bhim Pdf

Seven short plays explore the nature of the crisis in the Darfur region of the Sudan.

Author : Roy Williams
Publisher : Methuen Drama
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-25
Category : Drama
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131951324

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Williams Plays: 3 by Roy Williams Pdf

This is a third collection of plays by award-winning, British playwright, Roy Williams.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Blacks
ISBN : UOM:39015017717680

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Black Plays by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1985-05-16
Category : Africa
ISBN : UVA:X001495632

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Concord Weekly by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Best books
ISBN : IND:32000007443338

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British Book News by Anonim Pdf

Author : Terry Stoller
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781408183809

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Tales of the Tricycle Theatre by Terry Stoller Pdf

"An inside look at London's Tricycle Theatre which with its series of verbatim plays has made a significant contribution to contemporary political theatre"--