Safar, Gulp, My Piece of Happiness - New Welsh Drama: Volume 1 - Softcover

Afshan Malik; Roger Williams; Lewis Davies

9780952155874: Safar, Gulp, My Piece of Happiness - New Welsh Drama: Volume 1

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0952155877 ISBN 13: 9780952155874

Publisher: Parthian Books, 1998

Safar by Afshan Malik: Ismaat is on a journey between many places. The Pakistan of her youth and imagination, the city of her new life and the hard streets of a cold world. Abbu and Ammi have left her in a strange and hostile city. Janat is another world, she has to live here, with her history and language. It is time for Ismaat to find her own destiny. Gulp by Roger Williams: Susie wants to look like Bonnie Tyler. Steven needs to get something off his chest. Luke has set his sights on yet another woman. Rob meanwhile is facing up to the fact that he is single and hasn't had sex for nine months. A fiercely romantic and realistic story of sex and sexuality in 1990's Cardiff. My Piece of Happiness by Lewis Davies: Sean and George are mates. Sean has finally found a job. It's only delivering papers but it's a job and he wants to keep it. George has had a job for years, he looks after Sean. Sarah is Sean's girlfriend. She's old enough to have a boyfriend now, she'll be twenty-three next birthday. Sarah wants to go to London. Her mother and father used to go to London. Sarah's mother likes Sean. She is not too sure about George. A play of love, friendship and delivering papers.

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Synopsis:

This work features three new plays in contenmporary Welsh drama, "Safar" which depicts the erosion of Urdu/Muslim tradition, "Gulp" which looks at the youth culture of the 1990s and the desires of a young, gay city, and "My Piece of Happiness" - a play of love, friendship and delivering papers.

About the Author:

Jeff Teare is an honorary fellow of the University of Plymouth. He has directed more than 100 theatre productions, written numerous performed plays, made various documentaries, and edited several books.

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