ISBN: 1408141353 9781408141359

Category: Drama / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Page count: 368

<p>Roy Williams has a deserved reputation as one of the most exciting young writers whose plays have electrified the sort of audiences most theatres rarely see: streetwise urban youth. 'His plays have brought the experience of black urban youth onto the stage' (<i>Observer</i>)<i>.</i>This third collection of plays, introduced by the author, showcases the diversity, the moral probing and the fine ear for authentic dialogue characteristic of his writing:</p><br><p><i>Fallout</i>: first produced in 2003 the play focuses on the aftermath of the killing of a teenager. </p><br><p><i>Slow Time</i> was commissioned and developed by the National Theatre's Education Department and toured to London schools. Set in a young offender's institution the play depicts three young men and their fight to survive.</p><br><p><i>Days of Significance </i>was produced by the RSC in 2007 and is revived at the Tricycle Theatre, London in March 2008. It was described by the <i>Daily Telegraph </i>as 'the best new play of the year ... that powerfully caught the debased spirit of our times.'</p><br><p><i>Absolute Beginners</i> - a stage adaptation of the seminal novel of adolescence set in 1958 London - produced at the Lyric Hammersmith May 07: 'bags of energy and highly watchable' <i>Daily Mail.</i></p>