Noughts & Crosses (Royal Shakespeare Company version)
- Full Length Play, Drama, Adaptations (Literature), Contemporary
- 8M, 8F
- ISBN: 9781854599391
An electrifying, bittersweet love story with echoes of Romeo and Juliet, set in a society divided by racial bigotry and a world rocked by terrorism. Adapted from Malorie Blackman's best-selling novels.
Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama, Adaptations (Literature)
- Time Period: Contemporary
- Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18)
- Set Requirements: Flexible Staging
- Performance Group:
- High School/Secondary, College Theatre / Student
An electrifying, bittersweet love story with echoes of Romeo and Juliet, set in a society divided by racial bigotry and a world rocked by terrorism. Adapted from Malorie Blackman's best-selling novels.
Sephy (a Cross) is the daughter of the Deputy Prime Minister. Callum is the son of a Nought agitator. United by a shared sense of injustice as children, and separated by intolerance as they grow up, their desire to be together begins to eclipse all family loyalty – sparking a political crisis of unimaginable proportions.
"I wanted to turn society as we know it on its head, with new names for the major divisions, i.e. Noughts (the underclass) and Crosses (the majority, ruling society)" - Malorie Blackman.
Dominic Cooke's adaptation of Noughts & Crosses was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2007.
REVIEWS:
"Dominic Cooke's excellent adaptation... a dark, politically unsentimentalised story about teenage love transcending the barriers in a deeply divided society... heart-rending."
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Characters
- Casting: 8M, 8F
- Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible)
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