Rockets and blue lights
Pinnock, Winsome2021
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'I am the slave ship. Wrecked. Empty. I am a shark, livid with the desire for blood. I am the sea, boiling with fury.' On the set of a new film about Victorian artist J.M.W. Turner, young actress Lou is haunted by an unresolved history. Meanwhile, in 1840, Londoners Lucy and Thomas try to come to terms with the meaning of freedom. Moving between London past and present, Winsome Pinnock's astonishing play retells British history through the prism of the slave trade. Fusing fact with fiction, and the powerfully personal with the fiercely political, Rockets and Blue Lights asks who owns our past - and who has the right to tell its stories?
Main title:
Rockets and blue lights / Winsome Pinnock.
Author:
Pinnock, Winsome, authorRoyal Exchange Theatre (Manchester, England), associated with workNational Theatre (Great Britain), associated with work
Edition:
New edition.
Imprint:
London : Nick Hern Books, 2021.
Collation:
77 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
At head of cover title: Royal Exchange Theatre; National Theatre.Previous edition: 2020.
ISBN:
9781839040252 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2284796