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Sabrina Mahfouz Plays - (Contemporary Dramatists) (Paperback)

Sabrina Mahfouz Plays - (Contemporary Dramatists) (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Sabrina Mahfouz has been called 'theatrical dynamite' by <i>The Independent</i>and '[one of] our most interesting playwrights' by Lyn Gardner in <i>The Guardian</i>. As a recent elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, she is a playwright, poet, essayist, children's author and activist whose work explores a variety of mediums in challenging and genre-defying ways. <br/><br/>Her first play collection brings together a unique mix of published and previously unpublished works for the stage, including a Off West End Award-winning play for children; a Fringe First award-winner; a BBC Radio & Music Best Drama award-winner and a Sky Arts Academy award-winning play. <br/><br/>From the explosive poetic monologue play <i>Chef</i> to the rhythmic drive of <i>With a Little Bit of Luck, </i>this collection fizzes with infectious lyricism that captures Mahfouz's work for the stage in a variety of different forms, proving that contemporary theatre remains boundless in terms of its ability to spark debate and move audiences<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>In quite a different league...a really substantial piece of writing...the language is rich...she speaks lyrically and powerfully...a real find<br><br>One of the rising stars of new British playwrighting<br><br>Theatrical dynamite<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Sabrina Mahfouz</b> has recently been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and is the recipient of the 2018 King's Alumni Arts & Culture Award. She has won a Sky Arts Academy Award for Poetry, a Westminster Prize for New Playwrights and a Fringe First Award for her play <i>Chef. </i>Her play <i>With a Little Bit of Luck</i> won the 2019 Best Drama Production at the BBC Radio & Music Awards<i>.</i> She also writes for children and her play <i>Zeraffa Giraffa </i>won a 2018 Off West End Award. <p/>Sabrina is the editor of <i>The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write</i>, a 2017 Guardian Book of the Year and the forthcoming <i>Smashing It: Working Class Artists on Life, Art and Making It Happen.</i> She's an essay contributor to the multi-award-winning <i>The Good Immigrant </i>and is currently writing a biopic of the rapper and producer Wiley, for Pulse Films.</p>

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