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Rockets and Blue Lights (Paperback, New edition)
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Rockets and Blue Lights (Paperback, New edition)
Series: NHB Modern Plays
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'I am the slave ship. Wrecked. Empty. I am a shark, livid with the
desire for blood. I am the sea, boiling with fury.' On the set of a
new film about Victorian artist J.M.W. Turner, young actress Lou is
haunted by an unresolved history. Meanwhile, in 1840, Londoners
Lucy and Thomas try to come to terms with the meaning of freedom.
Moving between London past and present, Winsome Pinnock's
astonishing play retells British history through the prism of the
slave trade. Fusing fact with fiction, and the powerfully personal
with the fiercely political, Rockets and Blue Lights asks who owns
our past – and who has the right to tell its stories? Winner of
the 2018 Alfred Fagon Award, the play opened at the Royal Exchange
Theatre, Manchester, in 2020, directed by Miranda Cromwell. It
transferred to the National Theatre, London, in 2021. 'Rockets and
Blue Lights places at its center one of the nineteenth century's
most famous paintings: J. M. W. Turner's "The Slave Ship". Moving
between several sets of characters and ranging from the 1800s to
the present, this intricately plotted drama compels us to confront
the horrors of our shared past. It does so with compassion and wit,
never once compromising Pinnock's vision of theater as the communal
creation of new, stranger, and perhaps truer histories'
Windham-Campbell Prize committee, on awarding Winsome Pinnock a
Windham-Campbell Prize for Drama in 2022
General
Imprint: |
Nick Hern Books
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
NHB Modern Plays |
Release date: |
August 2021 |
Authors: |
Winsome Pinnock
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
80 |
Edition: |
New edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-83904-025-2 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-83904-025-4 |
Barcode: |
9781839040252 |
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