Off the Endz (Modern Plays) - Softcover

Agbaje, Bola

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408130130 ISBN 13: 9781408130131

Publisher: Methuen Drama, 2010

Synopsis

'My future is here. My aim is clear and simple. I want out. I wanna be rich.
I'm not gonna pretend it's anything more than that and I want it now.'

David, Kojo and Sharon grew up on a London estate. Now in their mid 20s, they're eyeing another kind of life. But how do you choose the right path when temptation lies around every corner? If your emotional or financial debt is sky high, how do you buy your way out?

Bola Agbaje's smart, savvy second play for the Royal Court asks whether being out of the system might be just as good as being in it. Her characters struggle to ignore the pull of lawless gain and in their newly-respectable, adult lives, find it hard to move away from a background which both haunts them and entices them back. Agbaje's characteristically energetic, vibrant dialogue captures the dynamic rhythm of spoken language and she portrays an under-represented slice of society with skill and compassion.

About this title

About the Author:

Bola Agbaje is a playwright who graduated from the young writers programme at the Royal Court in 2007. Her first play Gone Too Far! was selected to be performed as part of the Young Writer Festival and was performed at the Royal Court Theatre (Upstairs) in February 2007. In 2008, the play won the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliated Theatre. The play was revived in 2008 and returned for a run in the main Downstairs space at the Court, as well as at the Hackney Empire and Albany Theatre. Agbaje was also nominated for the Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright of the Year in 2008. Other plays include Off the Endz and Belong.

About this edition

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1408130130
• ISBN 13: 9781408130131
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 94