ear for eye (NHB Modern Plays)
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ear for eye (NHB Modern Plays)

ear for eye (NHB Modern Plays)

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Debbie Tucker Green (Author)  

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'Marchin' days is over man.' Patience is running out, times have changed. And progress isn't enough. Black British. African American. Here. There. Now. Snapshots of lives, snapshots of experiences of protest; violence vs non-violence, direct action vs demonstrations, ear for eye follows characters navigating their way through society today. debbie tucker green's play ear for eye premiered in October 2018 at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, in a production directed by the playwright. ear for eye was a finalist for the 2019 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. A filmed version of ear for eye, written and directed by debbie tucker green, was broadcast on BBC Two in October 2021. 'A furious dissection of racial injustice... overwhelming' - Guardian
debbie tucker green is a playwright, screenwriter and director.Her plays include: a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun) (Royal Court Theatre, 2017); hang (Royal Court, 2015); nut (National Theatre, 2013); truth and reconciliation (Royal Court, 2011); random (Royal Court, 2008); generations (Young Vic, 2007); stoning mary (Royal Court, 2005); trade (RSC, 2005); born bad (Hampstead Theatre, 2003; Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer); and dirty butterfly (Soho Theatre, 2003).She wrote and directed the feature film, Second Coming (BFI/Film 4, 2014; International Film Festival Rotterdam Big Screen Award) and adapted her play random into a TV film for Channel 4, which won the 2012 BAFTA for Best Single Drama and the Black International Film/MVSA Award for Best UK Film.Her work for radio includes: lament (Radio Academy Arias Gold Award), gone, random, handprint and freefall.She was awarded the 2015 Windham Campbell Prize for Drama.
  • Contributor: Debbie Tucker Green
  • Imprint: Nick Hern Books
  • ISBN13: 9781848427624
  • Number of Pages: 96
  • Packaged Dimensions: 129x198mm
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Nick Hern Books
  • Release Date: 2018-10-25
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: debbie tucker green is a playwright, screenwriter and director.Her plays include: a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun) (Royal Court Theatre, 2017); hang (Royal Court, 2015); nut (National Theatre, 2013); truth and reconciliation (Royal Court, 2011); random (Royal Court, 2008); generations (Young Vic, 2007); stoning mary (Royal Court, 2005); trade (RSC, 2005); born bad (Hampstead Theatre, 2003; Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer); and dirty butterfly (Soho Theatre, 2003).She wrote and directed the feature film, Second Coming (BFI/Film 4, 2014; International Film Festival Rotterdam Big Screen Award) and adapted her play random into a TV film for Channel 4, which won the 2012 BAFTA for Best Single Drama and the Black International Film/MVSA Award for Best UK Film.Her work for radio includes: lament (Radio Academy Arias Gold Award), gone, random, handprint and freefall.She was awarded the 2015 Windham Campbell Prize for Drama.

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