Noughts & Crosses
Paperback, 128 pages ISBN: 9781854599391Publication Date:
6 Dec 2007
Size: 197mm x 130mm£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)
A4 Spiral-bound, 256 pages ISBN: 9781839041921Publication Date:
6 Dec 2007
Size: 297mm x 210mm£14.99 £11.99You save £3.00 (20%)
Ebook, 128 pages ISBN: 9781780011387Publication Date:
15 Oct 2014
£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)
First Staged:
RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon, 2007

Noughts & Crosses (RSC stage version)

By Malorie Blackman Adapted by Dominic Cooke

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An electrifying, bittersweet love story with echoes of Romeo and Juliet, set in a society divided by racial bigotry and a world rocked by terrorism. Adapted from Malorie Blackman's best-selling novels.

Sephy (a Cross) is the daughter of the Deputy Prime Minister. Callum is the son of a Nought agitator. United by a shared sense of injustice as children, and separated by intolerance as they grow up, their desire to be together begins to eclipse all family loyalty – sparking a political crisis of unimaginable proportions.

'I wanted to turn society as we know it on its head, with new names for the major divisions, i.e. Noughts (the underclass) and Crosses (the majority, ruling society)' - Malorie Blackman

Dominic Cooke's adaptation of Noughts & Crosses was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2007. It is now widely studied for GCSE.


A4 Edition also available

This play is also available as an A4 Edition, offering spiral binding, a larger print size and additional space for notes. To order the play in this format, simply select the 'A4 Spiral-bound' option above. Please note A4 Editions are only available for delivery within the UK.


Also available: Sabrina Mahfouz's adaptation of Noughts & Crosses, premiered by Pilot Theatre in 2019.

Press Quotes

'Dominic Cooke's excellent adaptation... a dark, politically unsentimentalised story about teenage love transcending the barriers in a deeply divided society... heart-rending'

Independent
Paperback,128 pages ISBN: 9781854599391Publication Date:
6 Dec 2007
Size: 197mm x 130mm£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)
A4 Spiral-bound,256 pages ISBN: 9781839041921Publication Date:
6 Dec 2007
Size: 297mm x 210mm£14.99 £11.99You save £3.00 (20%)
Ebook,128 pages ISBN: 9781780011387Publication Date:
15 Oct 2014
£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)

Also by Malorie Blackman:

Noughts & Crosses

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Also by Dominic Cooke:

Getting Directions
Arabian Nights
Arabian Nights

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