The Oberon book of monologues for Black actors. Volume 1 : classical and contemporary speeches from Black British plays : monologues for women / selected andintroduced by Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway ; foreword by Naomie Harris.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hodge-Dallaway, Simeilia, writer of introduction.

Harris, Naomie, writer of foreword.

Series:

Oberon modern plays.

Oberon modern plays

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Acting--Auditions.

Acting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (135 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Oberon Books, 2013.

Summary:

Foreword by Naomie Harris How many Black British plays can you name? Inspired by both classical and contemporary plays, The Oberon Book of Monologues for Black Actresses gives readers an insight into some of the best cutting-edge plays written by black British playwrights, over the last sixty years. This collection features over twenty speeches by Britain's most prominent black dramatists. The monologues represent a wide-range of themes, characters, dialects and styles. Suitable for young people and adults, each selection includes production information, a synopsis of the play,

Contents:

Cover; Half-title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Foreword; Introduction; Dedication; Contents; Classical Monologues; Flesh to a Tiger (Barry Reckord); Della; The Death of a Black Man (Alfred Fagon); Jackie; Strange Fruit (Caryl Phillips); Mother; Meetings (Mustapha Matura); Jean; Rose's Story (Grace Dayley); Rose; Chiaroscuro (Jackie Kay); Opal; Back Street Mammy (Trish Cooke); Maria; The Dragon Can't Dance (Earl Lovelace); Cleophilda; Contemporary Monologues; Mules (Winsome Pinnock); Allie; To Rahtid (Sol B River); Mout; Absolution (Malika Booker); Shevaun; The Gift (Roy Williams); Janet

Shoot 2 Win (Jo Melville, Tracey Daley and Jo Martin)Jackie; B is for Black (Courttia Newland); Imani; Two Step (Rhashan Stone); Mona; Fix Up (Kwame Kwei-Armah); Alice; Gone Too Far! (Bola Agbaje); Paris; Black Crows (Linda Brogan); Hazel; Muhammed Ali and Me (Mojisola Adebayo); Mojitola; Family Man (Rikki Beadle-Blair); Nana Grace; Random (Debbie Tucker-Green); Sister; Identity (Paul Anthony Morris); Maureen; Egusi Soup (Janice Okoh); Mrs Anyia; Chewing Gum Dreams (Michaela Coel); Tracey Gordon; Resurrections in the Season of the Longest Drought ('Biyi Bandele-Thomas); Mebude; Note

PublicationsStratford East

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781783195558

178319555X