Niru is a young Bengali woman married to an English colonial bureaucrat – Tom.
Tom loves Niru, exoticising her as a frivolous plaything to be admired and kept; but Niru has a long-kept secret, and just as she thinks she is almost free of it, it threatens to bring her life crashing down around her.
Tanika Gupta re-imagines Ibsen's classic play of gender politics through the lens of British colonialism, offering a bold, female perspective exploring themes of ownership and race.
This edition is published for the first time in Methuen Drama's Plays For Young People series, aimed specifically at students aged 16-18 to perform and study.
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Moving, multilayered and intelligent.
Tanika Gupta re-imagines Ibsen's classic play of gender politics through the lens of British colonialism in a new edition specifically for young people to perform and study.
A new edition of Ibsen's classic play, reimagined through the lens of British colonialism
Methuen Drama’s Plays for Young People series offers an excellent selection of single plays and anthologies aimed at young people to perform. The series features the highest-quality work by established playwrights, which is age-appropriate and organised into age bands to help teachers and youth theatre leaders select the most suitable work for their group.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781350261075
Publisert
2021-04-29
Utgiver
Vendor
Methuen Drama
Vekt
98 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
104
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