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Williams Plays: 2: Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads; Clubland; The Gift


Williams Plays: 2: Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads; Clubland; The Gift

Paperback by Williams, Roy

Williams Plays: 2: Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads; Clubland; The Gift

£21.99

ISBN:
9780413774262
Publication Date:
22 Apr 2004
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:
Methuen Drama
Pages:
256 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 28 May - 2 Jun 2024
Williams Plays: 2: Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads; Clubland; The Gift

Description

Second collection of plays by the award-winning young British playwright Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads: Tensions erupt in a South London pub as England lose against Germany at football Clubland: Ben is married to Denise but on the pull, Kenny's looking for someone who's "right", Ade's with Sandra but playing the field and Nate's a proud father, in this urban drama of race and sexual politics in West London. The Gift: Since her childhood, when she left Jamaica for England, Heather's sister has claimed to have the gift of raising spirits from the dead. When her son is murdered, Heather returns to Jamaica and begs her sister to bring him back to life.Winner of the Evening Standard's Most Promising Playwright Award, 2001 - shortlisted for Best Play Award 2003 "Williams' writing snaps and crackles, his characters burst with life, emotion and contradiction" Guardian "Roy Williams shows himself to be a sassy, sophisticated diviner of the human heart" Evening Standard

Contents

Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads; Clubland; The Gift

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