{"product_id":"mojisola-adebayo-mojisola-adebayo-9781849430753","title":"Mojisola Adebayo: Plays One","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes the plays Moj of the Antarctic, Desert Boy, Matt Henson: North Star and Muhammad Ali and Me\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection signals the emergence of a distinctive new voice on the British theatre landscape. Moj of the Antarctic is inspired by the true story of an African American woman who cross-dresses as a white man to escape slavery; taken on a fantastical odyssey to Antarctica. Time Out Critics' Choice \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'The language is rich and densely poetic. Reveling in the materiality and playfulness of words, cracking open complex ideas like eggshells.' - Total Theatre Magazine \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMuhammad Ali and Me is a lyrical coming of age story, following the parallel struggles of a gay girl child growing up in foster care and the black Muslim boxing hero's fight against racism and the Vietnam war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'As a piece of stagecraft, an entertaining kaleidoscope of social and political history, only one description will do: this is a play that 'floatslike a butterfly and stings like a bee.' - WhatsOnStage \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDesert Boy, a time-travelling a capella musical, offers a sharp twist on the subject of knife crime, black youth and absent fathers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'...a spiralling journey through colonial history not unlike Dante's introduction to the Inferno. The juxtapositions are sometimes startling, and often quite comic.' - Guardian \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMatt Henson, North Star is a biographical tale of Arctic betrayal, mixed with Greenlandic folk tales; all about love, climate and change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese plays queer the boundaries of sex and race, fact and fiction, history and geography, poetry and politics to illuminate contemporary themes through a dynamic African Diasporic theatrical aesthetic that leaps off the page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mojisola Adebayo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1849430756\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849430753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oberon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.10w x 1.10d","brand":"Mojisola Adebayo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986355847423,"sku":"9781849430753","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_62504af8-be77-47fa-86e5-54269c1033f6.jpg?v=1683282878","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mojisola-adebayo-mojisola-adebayo-9781849430753","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}