Description
Product ID: | 9781350419001 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Modern Plays |
Title: | Retrograde |
Authors: | Author: Ryan Calais Cameron |
Page Count: | 88 |
Subjects: | Plays, playscripts, Plays, playscripts, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Literary studies: plays & playwrights |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Mr Parks, this isn’t just a movie, it’s a whole movement. Whether you like it or not is irrelevant. The Golden Age of Hollywood. Behind closed doors, aspiring actor Sidney Poitier is offered a lucrative contract that could make him a superstar. But what is he willing to sacrifice?From the writer of the award-winning, smash hit For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy, Ryan Calais Cameron’s explosive play Retrograde explores identity, resilience and integrity as it examines a true event in 1950s Hollywood and the reality of a Black actor’s journey to stardom. This world premiere explores a moment in a career which paved ways and changed perceptions, cementing the legacy of a Hollywood icon. Retrograde asks the question: how much have we really evolved?This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at London's Kiln Theatre, in April 2023. Mr Parks, this isn’t just a movie, it’s a whole movement. Whether you like it or not is irrelevant.The Golden Age of Hollywood. Behind closed doors, aspiring actor Sidney Poitier is offered a lucrative contract that could make him a superstar. But what is he willing to sacrifice?From the writer of the award-winning, smash hit For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy, Ryan Calais Cameron’s explosive play Retrograde explores identity, resilience and integrity as it examines a true event in 1950s Hollywood and the reality of a Black actor’s journey to stardom. This world premiere explores a moment in a career which paved ways and changed perceptions, cementing the legacy of a Hollywood icon. Retrograde asks the question: how much have we really evolved?This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at London''s Kiln Theatre, in April 2023. |
Imprint Name: | Methuen Drama |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2023-04-20 |