The Sugar Wife (NHB Modern Plays)
Fiction & Literature, Drama, British & Irish, Nonfiction, Entertainment
| Author: | Elizabeth Kuti | ISBN: | 9781780017846 |
| Publisher: | Nick Hern Books | Publication: | May 31, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Nick Hern Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Elizabeth Kuti |
| ISBN: | 9781780017846 |
| Publisher: | Nick Hern Books |
| Publication: | May 31, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Nick Hern Books |
| Language: | English |
Love, lust, prostitution and slavery in a 19th-century Quaker household.
Winner of the 2006 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
A devout Quaker, her wealthy husband, a freed American slave and her emancipator come together in 1840s Dublin. As they interact, each is revealed to be rather less high-minded than they would like to be thought.
'Marvellous... intelligent and affecting' - Sunday Tribune
'A moving play whose themes of charity, colonialism and morality resonate deeply' - Guardian
'A consistently intelligent and beautifully shaped play' - Irish Times
Love, lust, prostitution and slavery in a 19th-century Quaker household.
Winner of the 2006 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
A devout Quaker, her wealthy husband, a freed American slave and her emancipator come together in 1840s Dublin. As they interact, each is revealed to be rather less high-minded than they would like to be thought.
'Marvellous... intelligent and affecting' - Sunday Tribune
'A moving play whose themes of charity, colonialism and morality resonate deeply' - Guardian
'A consistently intelligent and beautifully shaped play' - Irish Times
