River: Plays (Oberon Modern Playwrights) - Softcover

River, Sol

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1870259823 ISBN 13: 9781870259828

Verlag: Oberon Books, 1997

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Includes the plays Moor Masterpieces, To Rahtid and Unbroken Two plays and the text form a dance piece (Unbroken) by the former resident playwright at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. Moor Masterpieces is an emotional journey through black history. Othello, James Baldwin, Solomon, Duke Ellington and Martin Luther King talk about the past, the present, slavery and liberation. To Rahtid is a monologue, written in Jamaican patois.

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Sol B. River studied Scriptwriting at the Northern School of Film & Television and later returned to study Film Directing. He started his career as an actor before becoming writer-in-residence at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. His writing and directing work spans across, screen, theatre and radio. He served as a Royal Literary Fellow to York St John University, University of Chester and Leeds Trinity University College and later as a Royal Literary Advisory Fellow. Sol was also the Associate Director of Contact Theatre. His published theatre and radio work includes 'Moor Masterpieces', 'To Rahtid', 'Unbroken', '48-98', 'Walk Against Fear', 'Making Waves', 'The White Witch of Rose Hall' and 'Two Tracks & Text Me'. His film and documentary directing work includes 'The Bitterest Pill', 'Brace Yourself' and 'Glass Ceiling'. In 2009 he formed Dream Reality media. BBC Online described his work as 'Modern, moving and mighty' The Guardian said he......Writes like Beckett on amphetamines...... solbriver.com solbriver.co.uk

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• Verlag: Oberon Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1870259823
• ISBN 13: 9781870259828
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 70
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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