Black British Drama

<p><em>Black British Drama: A Transnational Story</em> looks afresh at the ways black theatre in Britain is connected to and informed by the spaces of Africa, the Caribbean and the USA.</p><p>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.</p><p>A significant contribution to black British and black diaspora theatre studies, <em>Black British Drama</em> is a must-read for scholars and students in this evolving field.</p> <p>Preface</p><p>Acknowledgements</p><p>Note on the Text</p><p>Introduction</p><p>Section 1: The USA</p><p>Chapter 1: African Americanisation, Black Power and black British drama since the 1970s.</p><p>Chapter 2: Black Power legacies in Kwame Kwei-Armah’s <i>Elmina’s Kitchen</i>, <i>Fix Up</i> and <i>Statement of Regret</i>.</p><p>Chapter 3: African American myths, music, icons in Mojisola Adebayo’s <i>Moj of the Antarctic</i> and <i>Muhammad Ali and Me</i>.</p><p>Section 2: The Caribbean</p><p>Chapter 4: Creolisation and the creole continuum in Caribbean British drama. </p><p>Chapter 5: Coming to voice – Roy Williams’ <i>The No Boys Cricket Club</i>, <i>Lift Off</i>, <i>Fallout</i> and <i>Sing Yer Heart out for the Lads</i>.</p><p>Chapter 6: African accents – Bola Agbaje’s <i>Gone Too Far!</i>, <i>Detaining Justice</i> and <i>Off the Endz</i>.</p><p>Section 3: Africa</p><p>Chapter 7: Home to host-land and the hyphen in-between – African British diasporic dramas since the 1990s. </p><p>Chapter 8: Multiple personality diasporic disorder – Inua Ellams’ <i>The 14th Tale</i> and <i>Untitled</i>.</p><p>Chapter 9: Empathy in diaspora – debbie tucker green’s <i>stoning mary</i>, <i>generations</i> and <i>truth and reconciliation</i>.</p><p>Conclusion</p>