Strange Fruit
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Description
Strange Fruit is the story of a family caught between two cultures, and the uncrossable no-man's-land that can come between parents and their children.
It offers a portrait of growing up Black in 1980s Britain when the entire political, social and cultural system seemed rigged against the Black community.
The play was first performed at the Crucible Studio, Sheffield, in 1980, and is published here as a Student Edition alongside commentary and notes by Osita Okagbue.
These look at the play's context - specifically, generational tensions between the Windrush migrants and their children, and the racism, protest and riots of the 1970s - as well as the play's themes, including identity, homelessness and interracial relationships.
The edition includes an original interview with Caryl Phillips and offers a much-needed contemporary perspective on this play, which is now over 40 years old and in the light of the recent Windrush Scandal and its ongoing ramifications.
Table of Contents
Historical, social and cultural contexts (generational tensions between the Windrush migrants and their children; racism and oppression of the 1970s and 1980s in Britain; protests and riots)
Themes (generational divide; racism and responses; riots, alienation; restiveness; identity; home and homelessness; interracial relationships; memory; dislocation; animated presence of the past)
Genre (style, conventions, features, structure)
Play in performance (setting, scenography, space, stage directions, props, lighting, sound, actor-audience configuration)
Production history
Critical reception
Behind the scenes
STRANGE FRUIT
Notes
Product details
| Published | 05 Aug 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 144 |
| ISBN | 9781350515208 |
| Imprint | Methuen Drama |
| Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
| Series | Student Editions |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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