Kwei-Armah Plays: 1 Elmina's Kitchen; Fix Up; Statement of Regret; Let There Be Love

by Kwei-Armah, Kwame

• ISBN13: 9781408115602
• ISBN10: 1408115603
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama

Summary

This collection highlights the work of critically-acclaimed playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah who has brought a distinctive new voice and examination of multiculturalism to the London stage. Included are a trilogy of plays commissioned and produced by the National Theatre in London between 2003 and 2008, and Let There Be Love, first produced at the Tricycle Theatre, London, in 2008. Elmina's Kitchenwon numerous awards as was hailed as "A scorching drama about the black experience in Britain's inner cities. . . there is no mistaking its raw power, humanity and urgent concern."Daily Telegraph Fix Up explores race and cultural roots and heritage with verve and wit, setting heritage against the inexorable march of time and change. Statement of Regret explores tensions within the Black community in Britain amid changes in the team leading an influential Black policy think-tank. Let There Be Love was acclaimed as "a smart and possibly noble exploration of what it takes to be human and happy."The Evening Standard The volume is introduced by the author and features a chronology of his work

Author Biography

Kwame Kwei-Armah won the Peggy Ramsay award for his first play, Bitter Herb (1998), and has since had three plays commissioned and produced by the National Theatre, with the first, Elmina’s Kitchen, winning him the 2004 Evening Standard and Charles Wintor Awards for Most Promising Playwright, and being nominated for a Laurence Olivier award for Best New Play 2003. His subsequent plays for the NT were Fix Up and Statement of Regret.