State Red
By (Author) Atiha Sen Gupta
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oberon Books Ltd
11th November 2014
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
822.92
Paperback
64
Width 130mm, Height 210mm
92g
'You have to realise your decisions have consequences not only for you but for all of us most of all your father! Its late. Richard and Joyce have just returned home from the House of Lords another boozy, gruelling but important social event that further cements Richards chance of being promoted to Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. To their astonishment, and relief, they find their estranged son, Luke, fast asleep on the sofa. After a years absence and with only one email letting them know he was safe where has he been More importantly, why has he come back And will Lukes demons play hell with Richards promotion Atiha Sen Guptas fiery family drama challenges the family always comes first ethos and boldly confronts the fissures in our modern multicultural society that infiltrate through to the highest ranks.
Atiha Sen Gupta has written short plays, long plays and everything in between since she was 13. Her first play Eternally Grateful was a terrible dilemma play about a couple (one secular, one Jehovahs Witness, of course) whose daughter suddenly and conveniently needs a blood transfusion. It didnt end well. Her first full-length play What Fatima Did was commissioned when Atiha was 17 and part of Hampstead Theatres drama youth group Heat and Light. In 2012, Atiha won the prestigious JugendStckePreis award for Fatima at an awards ceremony in Heidelberg. Atiha was part of the writing team on E4s SKINS for three years.