The Long Song - NHB Modern Plays (Paperback)

Andrea Levy (author), Suhayla El-Bushra (adapted by)

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Paperback 80 Pages
Published: 07/10/2021

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Synopsis Authors

'You do not know me yet but I am the heroine of this drama. I am told that here I must give a taste of what is to unfold. I am to convey that this tale is set in Jamaica during the last turbulent days of slavery and the early years of freedom.

'I am to say that it is a true and thrilling journey through that unsettled time.

'Cha, I say, what fuss-fuss. Come, let them just see it for themselves.'

The Long Song is adapted from Andrea Levy's award-winning novel by Suhayla El-Bushra. It premiered at Chichester Festival Theatre in October 2021, directed by Charlotte Gwinner.

Publisher: Nick Hern Books
ISBN: 9781839040191
Number of pages: 80
Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
Edition: stage version

MEDIA REVIEWS

'[An] unblinking portrait of dignity amid moral horror... Suhayla El-Bushra's adaptation is a model of economy and fidelity... vivid and disturbing' - Guardian

'Scenes of rare power' - The Times

'Bold, brilliant... phenomenal... Wherever it goes next, it's imperative it has a further life' - Telegraph

'An excellent adaptation... a brilliant interpretation of the story that had the audience gripped and engrossed from beginning to end. The applause, cheers and standing ovation said it all' - British Theatre Guide

Andrea Levy

Andrea Levy’s background as the daughter of the Windrush generation proved central to her work, the author exploring her past via the medium of the novel. Her fourth title, Small Island, marked her breakthrough, a brilliant and nuanced take on the Jamaican experience in Britain following the end of the Second World War. The novel won both the Orange Prize for Fiction and Whitbread Book of the Year, firmly establishing Levy at the centre of British literary culture. What was sadly to be her last novel, The Long Song, was published in 2010. Andrea Levy died in 2019.

Visit the Andrea Levy author page