"Dans le salon de coiffure d'un centre commercial, des hommes et des femmes échangent les dernières nouvelles des voisins : l'un d'eux est devenu ministre ; Nolivé aime un homme que sa famille rejette ; un petit garçon s'est perdu dans les allées... Pendant ce temps, le supermarché diffuse des annonces promotionnelles, et un groupe de déplacées climatiques rêve d'un ailleurs au-delà des rives. Ce texte puise avec bonheur à toutes les sources du théâtre (comédie, tragédie, choeur antique, vaudeville) pour brosser le portrait saisissant d'Africains d'aujourd'hui pris entre traditions et mondialisation. Samo, Tribute to Basquiat offre une évocation poétique du peintre Jean-Michel Basquiat. Né en 1960 à Brooklyn, adolescent en rupture, il se consacre à la musique et tague les murs de Manhattan. Traversé par la musique et la danse, ce texte témoigne de la frénésie et de l'urgence de création qui habitaient cet artiste-météore dont l'oeuvre est une critique acerbe de l'Amérique. Ces deux textes interrogent avec force les identités en Afrique et en Amérique, où le Noir est renvoyé à son exotisme fantasmé et à sa supposée étrangeté."--Page 4 of cover.

• List of illustrations General editors' preface Preface Introduction ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
• Appendix 1: Casting All's Well That Ends Well
• Appendix 2: The Authorship Debate Abbreviations and references Index.
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In All's Well That Ends Well, Helen, a lowly ward, risks her life to satisfy her boundless love for Bertram, a count and ward to the King of France. Following him to Paris, she concocts an endangering plan to win the King of France's favour and induce Bertram's hand in marriage. In the comprehensive introduction to this new, fully-illustrated Arden edition, Suzanne Gossett takes a transformative look at the play's critical and performance history by offering fresh perspectives on the conundrum of genre, sexuality and moral dilemmas with masculinity and the structures of family. The authoritative play text is amply annotated to clarify its language and allusions, and two appendices debate the play's authorship and review its casting. Offering students and scholars alike a wealth of insight and new research, this edition maintains the rigorous standards of the Arden Shakespeare.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9781904271208 20190304

Forget friendship! This is business. In a scruffy minicab office, Mansha decides it's time to create his own destiny and offers to buy the business from his lifelong friend Raf. As the realities of the state of the company slowly come to light, these two best friends must confront the difficulties of going into business with those closest to them. Set in the north of England, in the aftermath of Margaret Thatcher's death, this compelling drama by award-winning playwright Ishy Din lays bare the everyday struggles of a post-industrial generation of British men.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9781350105454 20190311

• Niqabi Ninja by Sara Shaarawi Bonganyi by Sophie Kwachuh Mempuh Unsettled by JC Niala Silent Voices by Adong Judith I Want To Fly by Thembelihle Moyo Mbuzemi by Koleka Putuma Not That Woman by Tosin Jobi-Tume.
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This volume uniquely draws together seven contemporary plays by a selection of the finest African women writers and practitioners from across the continent, offering a rich and diverse portrait of identity, politics, culture, gender issues and society in contemporary Africa. Niqabi Ninja by Sara Shaarawi (Egypt) is set in Cairo during the chaotic time of the Egyptian uprising. Not That Woman by Tosin Jobi-Tume (Nigeria) addresses issues of violence against women in Nigeria and its attendant conspiracy of silence. The play advocates zero-tolerance for violence against women and urges women to bury shame and speak out rather than suffer in silence. I Want To Fly by Thembelihle Moyo (Zimbabwe) tells the story of an African girl who wants to be a pilot. It looks at how patriarchal society shapes the thinking of men regarding lobola (bride price), how women endure abusive men and the role society at large plays in these issues. Silent Voices by Adong Judith (Uganda) is a one-act play based on interviews with people involved in the LRA and the effects of the civil war in Uganda. It critiques this, and by implication, other truth commissions. Unsettled by JC Niala (Kenya) deals with gender violence, land issues and relations of both black and white Kenyans living in, and returning to, the country. Mbuzeni by Koleka Putuma (South Africa) is a story of four female orphans, aged eight to twelve, their sisterhood and their fixation with death and burials. It explores the unseen force that governs and dictates the laws that the villagers live by. Bonganyi by Sophia Kwachuh Mempuh (Cameroon) depicts the effects of colonialism as told through the story of a slave girl: a singer and dancer, who wants to win a competition to free her family. Each play also includes a biography of the playwright, the writer's own artistic statement, a production history of the play and a critical contextualisation of the theatrical landscape from which each woman is writing.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9781350034518 20190325