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Princess & The Hustler

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‘My name is Phyllis Princess James. I will wear this crown every day. I will never take it off even when I am asleep.’Meet Princess.

A cheeky ten-year-old, with a plan to win the Weston-super-Mare Beauty Contest.

Trouble is, her mum is busy working several jobs, her brother, a budding photographer, won't even take her picture and then – The Hustler returns. In 1963 Bristol, as Black British Civil Rights campaigners walk onto the streets, Princess finds out what it really means to be black and beautiful. Chinonyerem Odimba's play Princess & The Hustler was first seen at the Bristol Old Vic in February 2019, followed by a UK tour, in a co-production between Eclipse Theatre Company, Bristol Old Vic and Hull Truck Theatre, directed by Dawn Walton.

The play was shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon Best New Play Award 2018.

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Nick Hern Books
1848428278 / 9781848428270
Paperback / softback
822.92
14/02/2019
United Kingdom
English
128 pages
20 cm