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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910493208803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Oberon Books, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-78319-555-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (135 p.)
• Collana: Oberon modern plays
• Disciplina: 808.8245
• Soggetti: Acting - Auditions; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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,