Under Their Influence - Softcover

Buchanan, Wayne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0953675750 ISBN 13: 9780953675753

Publisher: Aurora Metro Books, 2001

Synopsis

Time Out Critics' Choice. Featured on BBC TV, Choice FM and local radio. Randoulph is in hospital, a convicted murderer. His doctor unravels the incidents leading to the murder and his mental collapse. The play raises questions about the way black people are perceived and treated in the mental health system.

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About the Author

Wayne Buchanan He trained as an actor at Oval House Youth Theatre. His theatre credits include: Bitter and Twisted, Zumbi, and Temporary Rupture (Black Theatre Co-op), Nine Night (Umoja), Foxtrot in the Sand (African People’s Theatre) and Two (Oval House). His writing credits are: Vengeance staged in 1998, nominated for an EMMA Award and voted best play of 1998 by The New Nation newspaper. His second play Under Their Influence was first staged in May 2000 at Oval House Theatre and received Time Out Critics’ Choice. He is one of the founders of Kushite Theatre Company.

Edition details

• Publisher: Aurora Metro Books
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0953675750
• ISBN 13: 9780953675753
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96