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Enough of Him May Sumbwanyambe

Enough of Him By May Sumbwanyambe

Enough of Him by May Sumbwanyambe


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Enough of Him by May Sumbwanyambe

Winner of Best New Play at the 2023 UK Theatre Awards Winner of Best New Play at the 2023 Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland To keep that part of me silent. That is what is unbearable. That is why I must be free. Based on a true story, Enough of Him explores the life of Joseph Knight, an African man enslaved by plantation owner Sir John Wedderburn and brought to Scotland to serve in his Perthshire mansion. Highly favoured by Wedderburn and yet still enslaved, Knight balances on the knife edge between obligation and a soul-deep yearning for freedom. He forges a bond with Annie, a young Scottish servant working in the household, and the two of them fall in love. But the walls of Ballindean do not keep secrets their affair unsettles Lady Wedderburn, whose bitter loneliness is only deepened by the close bond her husband has with Knight. Joseph will endure bondage no longer. What happens when Josephs dreams clash with those of the man who owns him? What becomes of us all when past brutalities bleed into our present realities? Written by Glasgow-based writer May Sumbwanyambe, this compelling domestic drama is a thrilling exploration of power and its attendant tensions: between those who are enslaved and those who are free, servants and masters, and husbands and wives. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere Scottish tour by the National Theatre of Scotland, in October 2022.

About May Sumbwanyambe

May Sumbwanyambe is an award-winning playwright who is writing new stage plays, radio plays, operas and musicals on commission to The National Theatre of Scotland, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Scottish Opera and the BBC. In 2015 he was the winner of the BBC PAFs 10k Legacy Award and in 2013 he was the inaugural Papatango Resident Playwright and winner of the 10k BBC Performing Arts Fellowship. Other award recognition includes being shortlisted for the Channel 4/Oran Mor Comedy Drama Award (2012), the Papatango New Writing Prize (2012), the Alfred Fagon Award (2011, 2012, 2015), the BBCS Alfred Bradley Award (2011) and OffWestEnds Adopt a Playwright Award (2010 and 2009). He also reached the final round of Soho Theatres Verity Bargate Award (2011) and won the BBCs inaugural Scriptroom competition (2012). In 2016 he was shortlisted for the Old Vic 12 award and named a finalist for the Perfect Pitch 12k musical award.

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NGR9781350377752
9781350377752
1350377759
Enough of Him by May Sumbwanyambe
New
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2022-10-19
80
N/A
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