Beats and Elements: A Hip Hop Theatre Trilogy

No Milk for the Foxes; DenMarked; High Rise eState of Mind

Conrad Murray, David Bonnick Jr, Paul Cree, Lakeisha Lynch-Stevens, Katie Beswick, Katie Beswick

• Editorial: Methuen Drama
• Año: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781350270626
• Edición: 1
• Categoría: Literature
• Categoría: British Drama

This collection of three hip hop plays by Conrad Murray and his Beats & Elements collaborators Paul Cree, David Bonnick Junior and Lakeisha Lynch-Stevens, is the first publication of the critically acclaimed theatre-maker's work. The three plays use hip hop to highlight the inequalities produced by the UK's class system, and weave lyricism, musicality and dialogue to offer authentic accounts of inner-city life written by working-class Londoners. The plays are accompanied by two introductory essays: The first gives a specific social and historical context that helps readers make sense of the plays, the second positions hip hop as a contemporary literary form and offers some ways to read hip hop texts as literature. The collection also includes a foreword by leading hip hop theatre practitioner Jonzi D, interviews with the Beats & Elements company, and a glossary of words for students and international readers.

Índice

• Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Contents
• Shout Outs
• Foreword
• Author Biographies
• This Collection
• Beats & Elements: Class and Hip Hop Theatre
• Hip Hop Lyricism
• No Milk for the Foxes by Paul Cree and Conrad Murray
• DenMarked by Conrad Murray
• High Rise eState of Mind by David Bonnick Jr, Paul Cree, Lakeisha Lynch-Stevens and Conrad Murray
• Reflections: An Interview with Beats & Elements
• Glossary
• Copyright