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Word-Play

  • Rabiah Hussain
  • Full Length Play, Drama, Contemporary
  • 5M or F
  • ISBN: 9781839041310

"History always ripples on. Even if we don't realise it."

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
In the Downing Street Press Office an emergency meeting has been called. The Prime Minister has been ad-libbing on live TV (again) and his words are going viral.

There is a flurry of accusations, and demands for an apology; but as his team debate what to do next, it's already too late. His words have found their way to dinner parties, bus journeys and newspaper columns across the nation – and not everyone is angry.

Rabiah Hussain's play Word-Play explores how language seeps into public consciousness and reverberates with far-reaching consequences that will last for generations. It premiered at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London, in July 2023, directed by Nimmo Ismail.
REVIEWS:

"A fascinating new play exploring the insidious potential of bland language... skewers a particularly British kind of bigotry... there's so much about this play that'll stick in your throat: a reminder that words can wound, however bland they might sound."

 Time Out

"Playful, thoughtful, and deliciously up-to-the-minute... Often hilarious, sometimes moving, this play about how words matter has a cumulative power."

 Evening Standard

"Amusing and boldly, excitingly experimental... Hussain's script shines in sudden moments of lyrical outrage."

 The Guardian

"Audacious, incisive and emotive."

 The Upcoming

"A turbo-charged lesson in minding your language... thought-provoking and explosive."

 Metro

Premiere Production: Royal Court Theatre, London, 2023.

Characters

  • Casting: 5M or F
  • Casting Attributes: Flexible casting
  • Casting Notes: Can be performed by a mixed cast of 5; much larger cast is possible.

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In the Downing Street Press Office an emergency meeting has been called. The Prime Minister has been ad-libbing on live TV (again) and his words are going viral.

There is a flurry of accusations, and demands for an apology; but as his team debate what to do next, it's already too late. His words have found their way to dinner parties, bus journeys and newspaper columns across the nation – and not everyone is angry.

Rabiah Hussain's play Word-Play explores how language seeps into public consciousness and reverberates with far-reaching consequences that will last for generations. It premiered at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London, in July 2023, directed by Nimmo Ismail.

$24.95

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