How many Black British plays can you name? Inspired by both classical and contemporary plays, The Oberon Book of Monologues for Black Actors 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, a biography of the playwright and a scene summary. The aim of this collection is that actors will enjoy working on these speeches, using them to help strengthen their craft, and by doing so, help to ensure these plays are always remembered. These monologues for women are taken from speeches by Britain's most prominent black dramatists, including Barry Reckord, Lydia Adetunji, Roy Williams, Courttia Newland, Errol John, Ade Solanke, Trevor Rhone, Inua Ellams, Biyi Bandele, and Arinze Kene. Includes a foreword by actor Naomie Harris.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
CONTENTS
CLASSICAL MONOLOGUES
DELLA
Flesh to a Tiger (Barry Reckord)
JACKIE
The Death of a Black Man (Alfred Fagon) MOTHER
Strange Fruit by Caryl Phillips
JEAN
Meetings (Mustapha Matura) ROSE
Rose's Story (Grace Dayley) OPAL
Chiaroscuro (Jackie Kay) CLEOPHILDA
The Dragon Can't Dance (Earl Lovelace)
CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUES
MARIA
Back Street Mammy (Trish Cooke) MEBUDE
Resurrections in the season of the longest draught (Biyi Bandele-Thomas) ALLIE
Mules (Winsome Pinnock)
MOUT
To Rahtid (Sol B River) SHEVAUN
Absolution (Malika Booker) JANET
The Gift (Roy Williams) JACKIE
Shoot 2 Win ( Jo Melville, Tracey Daley and Jo Martin) IMANI
B is for Black (Courttia Newland) MONA
Two step (Rhashan Stone)
ALICE
Fix Up (Kwame Kwei-Armah)
PARIS
Gone Too Far! (Bola Agbaje)
HAZEL
Black Crows (Linda Brogan)
MOJITOLA
Muhammed Ali and Me (Mojisola Adebayo) NANA GRACE
Family Man (Rikki Beadle-Blair)
SISTER
Random (Debbie Tucker-Green) MAUREEN
Identity (Paul Anthony Morris)
MRS ANYIA
Egusi Soup (Janice Okoh) TRACEY GORDON
Chewing Gum Dreams (Michaela Coel)
