Nightwatchman
- Short Play, Drama, Contemporary
- 1F
- ISBN: 9781848422209
A British Sri Lankan cricketer prepares for the innings of her life for England against Sri Lanka at Lord's.
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Description
- Short Play
- Drama
- Time Period: Contemporary
- Target Audience: Young Adult
- Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Performance Group:
- Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
A British Sri Lankan cricketer prepares for the innings of her life for England against Sri Lanka at Lord's. Facing a relentless bowling machine she challenges our preconceptions of politics, sport and national pride as harshly as she challenges her own.
Prasanna Puwanarajah's short play Nightwatchman was first performed in a double bill with Tom Basden's There is a War as part of the National Theatre's Double Feature season of paired short plays at the Paintframe, a specially converted space at the National Theatre, London, in July 2011.
Nightwatchman and There is a War are available together in the volume Double Feature: Two.
REVIEWS:
"Marvellously incisive."
Independent
"Should be compulsory viewing for anyone interested in cricket, British immigration at the sharp end or Sri Lanka and its explosive politics."
British Theatre Guide
Premiere Production:
National Theatre, London, 2011.
Characters
- Casting: 1F
- Casting Attributes: Good role(s) for female performers, All Female
