Beats and Elements A Hip Hop Theatre Trilogy

This collection of three hip hop plays by Conrad Murray and his Beats & Elements collaborators Paul Cree, David Bonnick Junior and Lakeisha Lynch-Stevens, is the first publication of the critically acclaimed theatre-maker's work. The three plays use hip hop to highlight the inequalities produced by the UK's class system, and weave lyricism, musicality and dialogue to offer authentic accounts of inner-city life written by working-class Londoners. The plays are accompanied by two introductory essays: The first gives a specific social and historical context that helps readers make sense of the plays, the second positions hip hop as a contemporary literary form and offers some ways to read hip hop texts as literature. The collection also includes a foreword by leading hip hop theatre practitioner Jonzi D, interviews with the Beats & Elements company, and a glossary of words for students and international readers.

ISBN:	9781350270596
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Imprint:	Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Published date:	10 Mar 2022
DEWEY:	822.9208
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xii, 147
Weight:	158g
Height:	136mm
Width:	215mm
Spine width:	13mm

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