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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
- 160 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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
About This Book
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.