This week we discuss the question of whether there was a ‘renaissance’ in Black theatre during the 2000s and the work of debbie tucker green, with the prominent academic, Professor Lynette Goddard. We talk about the unprecedented mainstream presence of several Black playwrights in Britain during the 2000s, with specific focus on debbie tucker green’s play ‘random’, which details a day in the life of a Black British family which is tragically shaken through a random act of violence. Thanks so much to Lynette for offering your time and wisdom to this episode!

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References

debbie tucker green (2018) debbie tucker green plays: one. London: NHB

Sian Adiseshiah, Jacqueline Bolton (ed.) (2020) debbie tucker green: critical perspectives. Hampshire, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Mary F. Brewer, Lynette Goddard and Deirdre Osborne (2015) Modern and Contemporary Black British Drama. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan

Colin Chambers (2011) Black and Asian Theatre in Britain: A History. London & New York: Routledge.

Lynette Goddard (2007) Staging Black Feminisms: Identity, Politics, Performance. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.

Lynette Goddard, ‘Lynette Goddard on the renaissance in black British drama in the 1990s’, The Black Plays Archive. https://www.blackplaysarchive.org.uk/featured-content/essays/lynette-goddard-rennaisance-black-british-drama-1990s 

Lynette Goddard (2015) Contemporary Black British Playwrights: Margins to Mainstream. Hampshire, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Dan Rebellato (ed.) (2013) Modern British Playwriting: 2000-2009. London: Bloomsbury.