~playauthor~Written by~
Caryl Phillips
,
Simon Schama
~playauthor~From an original work by~
Simon Schama
Oberon Books, 2007
Oberon Modern Plays
playtext
Acts: 2, Scenes: 15, Roles: Total (35), Female (4), Male (31), Unassigned (0)
...Simon Schama's extraordinary novel in a new stage adaptation by Caryl Philips.
As the American War of Independence reaches its climax, a plantation slave and a British Naval Officer embark on an epic journey in search...
Acts: 3, Scenes: 4, Roles: Total (5), Female (3), Male (2), Unassigned (0)
..."I go half way round the world and back thinking I'd made some sort of discovery and come back to find the same damn lies, the same white lies, the same black lies."
Alvin and Errol can't picture much of a future...
Acts: 2, Scenes: 2, Roles: Total (4), Female (2), Male (2), Unassigned (0)
...Three plays by playwright and novelist Caryl Phillips, written in the 1980s and collected here for the first time.
The Shelter alternates between the late eighteenth-century and 1950s London, exploring...
Acts: 2, Roles: Total (9), Female (6), Male (3), Unassigned (0)
...Three plays by playwright and novelist Caryl Phillips, written in the 1980s and collected here for the first time.
Where There is Darkness examines the plight of a West Indian man, Albert Williams, on the eve...