Book description
Two plays by a young British playwright who is fast making a name for
himself. Williams is winner of the 1998-99 John Whiting Award for Best
New Play and 1998 Alfred Fagon Award (both for Starstruck) and 1996 TAPS
Writer of the Year Award Starstruck: When Hollywood heartthrob Stewart
Granger lands in Kingston to shoot his latest movie, the whole town goes
crazy. Will Dennis become a star or does girlfriend Pammy have other
ambitions? And will Gravel's new money-making scheme leave his wife
seeking comfort elsewhere? The No Boys Cricket Club: Coping alone with
her troublesome family and warring neighbours in a drab London council
estate, Abi has long since lost sight of the good things in life - until
an old friend takes her back to her glorious past in Jamaica as the
greatest all-rounder of the all-female No Boys Cricket Club. Roy
Williams began writing plays in 1990 and is now arguably one of the
country's leading dramatists. In 2000 he was the joint-winner of The
George Devine Award and in 2001 he was awarded the Evening Standard
Award for Most Promising Playwright. He was awarded the OBE for Services
to Drama in the 2008 Birthday Honours List. His Plays include Category B
(Tricycle Theatre), Angel House (Eclipse Theatre, UK Tour), Days Of
Significance (RSC), Joe Guy (Tiata Fahodzi), There's Only One Wayne
Matthews (Polka Theatre), Baby Girl (NT Connections), Absolute Beginners
(Lyric Hammersmith), Little Sweet Thing (Nottingham Playhouse), Slow
Time (NT Education), Fallout (Royal Court Theatre), Sing Yer Heart Out
For The Lads (NT), Clubland (Royal Court Theatre), The Gift (Birmingham
Rep/Tricycle Theatre), Local Boy (Hampstead Theatre), Souls (Theatre
Centre), Life Off (Royal Court) , Starstruck (Tricycle, Winner Of John
Whiting Award, Alfred Fagon Award & Emma Award For Best Play),
Josie's Boy (Red Ladder Theatre Co) and The No-Boys Cricket Club
(Theatre Royal, Stratford East).
