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Winner of the 2020 Alfred Fagon Award. As the 19th Century dawns in
London, politicians of all parties gather to abolish the slave
trade once and for all. But the price of freedom turns out to be a
multi-billion pound bailout for slave owners rather than those
enslaved. As morality and cunning compete amongst men thirsty for
power, two women navigate their way to the true seat of political
influence, challenging members of parliament who dare deny them
their say. In this provocative new play by Juliet Gilkes Romero,
the personal collides with the political to ask, what is the right
thing to do and how much must it cost?
The 2009 winner of the Best Play Award at the Writers' Guild of
Great Britain Award (Birmingham Rep and UK tour '08), published for
the first time to coincide with the author's new play Upper Cut.
"This is my War. My War for Civilization. My War for Freedom. My
Life. My Race. My Place. My Honour. My Home." Stranded in the
battlefields of the Holy Land during the Great War, a battalion of
West Indian volunteers fight for the Empire, the King and the
Mother Land.Their long search for identity and honour falls apart
as the fragile hopes of young lives, both black and white, explode
and shatter as betrayal and race take their toll. At the Gates of
Gaza is a highly charged, emotional and gripping look at a world in
the midst of change.
'Seventy percent of my constituents are white, Karen. I have to be
a politician, who "happens" to be black. Not a black man who
"happens" to be a politician.' Karen loves politics. She's a rising
star but on the eve of a general election she risks her career and
reputation on a bitter and contentious fight over whether to allow
short lists for black Parliamentary candidates. Deselected by her
party, and betrayed by the men she loves, Karen must embark on a
relentless road to power and political redemption. Provocative and
raw, Upper Cut unravels the fight for diversity and black
representation through today's coalition politics, the hope and
rebirth of New Labour and delves into the troubled heart of a
Labour party struggling under the might of Thatcher's Tory
revolution. Upper Cut is inspired by true political events.
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