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Virginia WoolfSeries: NHB Modern Plays
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Year
2022
Language
English
Publisher
Nick Hern Books

About

In North London, Del and Viv are soul-sick. Del doesn't want to be at home; staying out late—3 p.m.-the-next-day late—is more her thing. Viv scours her schoolbooks trying to find a trace of herself between their lines.
When Enid takes her daughters to the local obeah woman for some traditional Caribbean soul-healing, secrets are spilled. There's no turning back for Del, Viv and Enid as they negotiate the frictions between their countries and cultures.
Two generations. Three incredible women. Winsome Pinnock's play Leave Taking is an epic story of what we leave behind in order to find home. It premiered in 1987, and was revived at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2018, in a production directed by the Bush's Artistic Director, Madani Younis.

Related Subjects

  • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
  • European
  • Drama
  • Adult Nonfiction

Reviews

"'Radiates gleeful intelligence, rampaging heart and tremendous fun. It couldn't feel more timely, and it's glorious'"
Guardian
"'Neil Bartlett's fleet-footed, wildly imaginative but wonderfully disciplined adaption shines literal and metaphorical light on contemporary ideas of identity... an outstandingly original theatrical pleasure'"
Variety
"'Neil Bartlett's adaptation captures all [the novel's] sexiness and spirit... it's splendid in every sense: passionate, camp as Christmas and as warmly celebratory, too'"
iNews
"'An adaptation full of joy and hope and sense of possibility for the future'"
WhatsOnStage
"'Neil Bartlett's funny but moving adaptation... a frisky romp, wittily engaging with today's debate about gender fluidity... a joyous ode to freedom'"
Daily Mail

Extended Details

  • SeriesNHB Modern Plays

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    Virginia WoolfAuthor

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