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Williams Plays: 4: Sucker Punch; Category B; Joe Guy; Baby Girl; There's Only One Wayne Matthews
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Williams Plays: 4: Sucker Punch; Category B; Joe Guy; Baby Girl; There's Only One Wayne Matthews
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Roy Williams
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Series | Contemporary Dramatists |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:416 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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Category/Genre | Plays, playscripts |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781472520692
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Classifications | Dewey:822.914 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Imprint |
Methuen Drama
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Publication Date |
12 September 2013 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
'[Williams's] plays have brought the experience of black urban youth onto the stage' Observer Sucker Punch: 'As usual with Williams, the dialogue is crisp and bespoke: motives are mixed, nobody is a hero, nothing is just black and white.' The Times Joe Guy: 'Williams's dialogue ricochets around the stage like gunfire . . . energetic, exciting and entertaining.' Stage Category B: 'Category B is a harrowing play, but one shot through with both dark humour and tentative flickers of hope'. Daily Telegraph Baby Girl: 'The shocking thing about Roy Williams's Baby Girl is that it argues that there is a cyclical pattern to teenage pregnancy . . . Williams paints a rivetingly plausible picture of a world in which mothers and daughters are sexual rivals, 'virgin' is the ultimate peer insult and the school gates are a fertile hunting ground for male predators.' Guardian There's Only One Wayne Matthews: 'Williams's writing is punchy . . . Wayne's gradual understanding of the realities of the world make this a touching coming-of-age drama.' Guardian
Author Biography
Roy Williams, OBE, worked as an actor before turning to writing full-time in 1990. He is one of the most important contemporary dramatists, with a particular relevance and popularity among young people.
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