The Long Song
$34.57
- Paperback
80 pages
- Release Date
7 October 2021
Summary
‘You do not know me yet but I am the heroine of this drama. I am told that here I must give a taste of what is to unfold. I am to convey that this tale is set in Jamaica during the last turbulent days of slavery and the early years of freedom.
I am to say that it is a true and thrilling journey through that unsettled time.
Cha, I say, what fuss-fuss. Come, let them just see it for themselves.’
The Long Song is adapted from Andrea Lev…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781839040191 |
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| ISBN-10: | 183904019X |
| Author: | Andrea Levy, Suhayla El-Bushra |
| Publisher: | Nick Hern Books |
| Imprint: | Nick Hern Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 80 |
| Release Date: | 7 October 2021 |
| Weight: | 102g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
| Series: | NHB Modern Plays |
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Critics Review
’[An] unblinking portrait of dignity amid moral horror… Suhayla El-Bushra’s adaptation is a model of economy and fidelity… vivid and disturbing’
’[An] unblinking portrait of dignity amid moral horror… Suhayla El-Bushra’s adaptation is a model of economy and fidelity… vivid and disturbing’
* Guardian *‘Scenes of rare power’
* The Times *‘Bold, brilliant… phenomenal… Wherever it goes next, it’s imperative it has a further life’
* Telegraph *‘An excellent adaptation… a brilliant interpretation of the story that had the audience gripped and engrossed from beginning to end. The applause, cheers and standing ovation said it all’
* British Theatre Guide *About The Author
Andrea Levy
Andrea Levy (1956–2019) was an English author best known for the novels Small Island (2004) and The Long Song (2010). She was born in London to Jamaican parents, and her work explores topics related to British Jamaicans and how they negotiate racial, cultural and national identities.
Suhayla El-Bushra writes for stage and screen. She was writer in residence at the National Theatre, London, where her adaptation of Nikolai Erdman’s The Suicide was staged in the Lyttelton Theatre. Other stage work includes: Pigeons (Royal Court, 2013 and tour), Cuckoo (Unicorn Theatre, 2014), The Kilburn Passion (Tricycle, 2014), Arabian Nights (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh, 2017) and an adaptation of Andrea Levy’s The Long Song (Chichester Festival Theatre, 2021). Screen credits include two series of Channel 4’s Ackley Bridge, Becoming Elizabeth (The Forge/Starz Channel) and a short film for Film4.
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