Black British Drama : A Transnational Story

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. 'Black British Drama' looks afresh at the ways black theatre in Britain is connected to and informed by the spaces of Africa, the Caribbean and the USA. Offering an exciting new approach to reading black British theatre from 1950 onwards, Michael Pearce examines plays by Kwame Kwei-Armah, Roy Williams, Mojisola Adebayo and Bola Agbaje, as well as UK productions of work by writers including Lorraine Hansberry, August Wilson and James Baldwin