King Hedley II
The story of an ex-con in post-Reagan Pittsburgh, 1985, trying to rebuild his life. Foreword by Marion McClinton.
- Hardback£32.00
Holy Ground: The National Black Theatre Festival Anthology
With a manifesto by Dr Maya Angelou
A collection of plays and monologues from the National Black Theatre Festival, one of the most significant events in American theatre. With a manifesto by Dr Maya Angelou.
- Paperback£31.99
Fences
A landmark play about a baseball star fighting for the right to be first black man to drive a garbage truck in 1950s Pittsburgh.
- Hardback£25.00There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Gem of the Ocean
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1904. Aunt Esther, the 285-year-old fiery matriarch of 1839 Wylie Avenue, sets Citizen Barlow, a young man from Alabama, on a soaring, lyrical journey of spiritual awakening.
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Joe Turner's Come and Gone
A play about a time in American history when the sons and daughters of recently freed slaves journeyed to the industrial cities of the North in search of prosperity, a new way of life, and, essentially, their own identities.
- Hardback£25.00There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Set in Chicago in 1927, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a play dealing with issues of race, art, religion and the historic exploitation of black recording artists by white producers.
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The Piano Lesson
A powerful exploration of the legacy of slavery in America in a play that focuses on a brother and sister in 1930s Pittsburgh as they argue over whether to sell the family piano, an instrument tainted by the wages of slavery.
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Radio Golf
A real-estate developer sets about trying to redevelop the 'blighted' Hill District of Pittsburgh in the final part of August Wilson's Century Cycle, his epic dramatisation of the African American experience in the twentieth century.
- Hardback£25.00There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Seven Guitars
A play set in 1940s Pittsburgh, about the search for self-fulfillment and acceptance in a hostile world.
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Two Trains Running
A play set in a small restaurant in the Pittsburgh Hill District in 1969. Part of August Wilson's Century Cycle, his epic dramatisation of the African American experience in the twentieth century.
- Hardback£25.00There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
The Red Letter Plays (US edition)
Two haunting riffs on Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter, by a leading American playwright.
- Paperback£23.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Intimate Apparel & Fabulation: Two Plays
Two companion pieces spanning 100 years in the lives of African American women.
- Paperback£22.99
Other Side of the Game
A debut play by a Canadian playwright, giving voices to Black women who organise communities, support their incarcerated loved ones, and do battle with institutions. Winner of the 2019 Governor General's Literary Award.
- Paperback£22.99
Venus
A bold exploration of colonisation and objectification, based on the true story of the 'Hottentot Venus'.
- Paperback£19.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Pipeline
A deeply moving story of a mother's fight to give her son a future — without turning her back on the community that made him who he is.
- Paperback£19.99
Trouble in Mind
A radical satire of racism in theatre, widely considered the masterpiece of actress and playwright Alice Childress.
- Paperback£19.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Radio Golf
A real-estate developer sets about trying to redevelop the 'blighted' Hill District of Pittsburgh in the final part of August Wilson's Century Cycle, his epic dramatisation of the African American experience in the twentieth century.
- Paperback£18.99
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