This indispensable overview of modern black British drama spans seven decades of distinctive playwriting from the 1950s to the present. Interweaving social and cultural context with close critical analysis of key dramatists'' plays, leading scholars explore how these dramatists have created an enduring, transformative and diverse cultural presence.

This indispensable overview of modern black British drama spans seven decades of distinctive playwriting from the 1950s to the present. Interweaving social and cultural context with close critical analysis of key dramatists'' plays, leading scholars explore how these dramatists have created an enduring, transformative and diverse cultural presence.