{"product_id":"9781408145715","title":"The Methuen Drama Book of Plays by Black British Writers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Methuen Drama Book of Plays by Black British Writers\u003c\/i\u003e provides an essential anthology of six of the key plays that have shaped the trajectory of British black theatre from the late-1970s to the present day. In doing so it charts the journey from specialist black theatre companies to the mainstream, including West End success, while providing a cultural and racial barometer for Britain during the last forty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt opens with Mustapha Matura's 1979 play \u003ci\u003eWelcome Home Jacko \u003c\/i\u003ewhich in its depiction of a group of young unemployed West Indians was one of the first to explore issues of youth culture, identity and racial and cultural identification. Jackie Kay's \u003ci\u003eChiaroscuro\u003c\/i\u003e examines debates about the politics of black, mixed race and lesbian identities in 1980s Britain, and from the 1990s Winsome Pinnock's \u003ci\u003eTalking in Tongues\u003c\/i\u003e engages with the politics of feminism to explore issues of black women's identity in Britian and Jamaica. From the first decade of the twenty-first century the three plays include Roy Williams' seminal pub-drama \u003ci\u003eSing Yer Hearts Out for the Lads\u003c\/i\u003e, exploring racism and identity against the backdrop of the World Cup; Kwame Kwei-Armah's National Theatre play of 2004, \u003ci\u003eFix Up\u003c\/i\u003e, about black cultural history and progress in modern Britain, and finally Bola Agbage's terrific 2007 debut, \u003ci\u003eGone Too Far!\u003c\/i\u003e, which examines questions of identity and tensions between Africans and Caribbeans living in Britain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited by Lynnette Goddard, this important anthology provides an essential introduction to the last forty years of British black theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121801740528,"sku":"9781408145715","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781408145715_p0.jpg?v=1763718776","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781408145715","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}