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Book SynopsisForeword by Naomie Harris How many Black British plays can you name? Inspired by both classical and contemporary plays, The Oberon Book of Monologues for Black Actresses gives readers an insight into some of the best cutting-edge plays written by black British playwrights, over the last sixty years. This collection features over twenty speeches by Britain’s most prominent black dramatists. The monologues represent a wide-range of themes, characters, dialects and styles. Suitable for young people and adults, each selection includes production information, a synopsis of the play, a biography of the playwright and a scene summary. The aim of this collection is that actors will enjoy working on these speeches, using them to help strengthen their craft, and by doing so, help to ensure these plays are always remembered.
Table of ContentsCONTENTS CLASSICAL MONOLOGUES DELLA Flesh to a Tiger (Barry Reckord) JACKIE The Death of a Black Man (Alfred Fagon) MOTHER Strange Fruit by Caryl Phillips JEAN Meetings (Mustapha Matura) ROSE Rose's Story (Grace Dayley) OPAL Chiaroscuro (Jackie Kay) CLEOPHILDA The Dragon Can't Dance (Earl Lovelace) CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUES MARIA Back Street Mammy (Trish Cooke) MEBUDE Resurrections in the season of the longest draught (Biyi Bandele-Thomas) ALLIE Mules (Winsome Pinnock) MOUT To Rahtid (Sol B River) SHEVAUN Absolution (Malika Booker) JANET The Gift (Roy Williams) JACKIE Shoot 2 Win ( Jo Melville, Tracey Daley and Jo Martin) IMANI B is for Black (Courttia Newland) MONA Two step (Rhashan Stone) ALICE Fix Up (Kwame Kwei-Armah) PARIS Gone Too Far! (Bola Agbaje) HAZEL Black Crows (Linda Brogan) MOJITOLA Muhammed Ali and Me (Mojisola Adebayo) NANA GRACE Family Man (Rikki Beadle-Blair) SISTER Random (Debbie Tucker-Green) MAUREEN Identity (Paul Anthony Morris) MRS ANYIA Egusi Soup (Janice Okoh) TRACEY GORDON Chewing Gum Dreams (Michaela Coel)
