i will still be whole (when you rip me in half)
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
i will still be whole (when you rip me in half)
By (Author) Ava Wong Davies
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Methuen Drama
1st June 2023
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards)
Ethnic studies
Social and cultural history
Theatre studies
Literary studies: plays and playwrights
Gender studies: women and girls
Ethnic groups and multicultural studies
822.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
64
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
Description
"A tender little green shoot of a piece" Lyn Gardner 1996. A young mother walks out of a small house in Shepherds Bush and doesnt look back. 2019. A daughter lies in a bath and stares at a crack in the ceiling. Joy and EJ prepare for their first meeting in twenty-two years. They run, they bathe, they inhale, they wait. i will still be whole (when you rip me in half) is the debut play by acclaimed theatre critic Ava Wong Davies: a lyrical interlinking of monologues devoted to blood ties, the cycle of trauma, and what we inherit from our parents.
Author Bio
Ava Wong Davies is a playwright and theatre critic based in London. She is a regular contributor to The Stage and Exeunt Magazine, is a monthly theatre columnist for gal-dem, and in 2018 won the Sunday Times Harold Hobson award for criticism. As a playwright, her work has been showcased at The Yard, The Bunker, Theatre Deli, VAULT Festival, and The North Wall. Her debut play i will still be whole (when you rip me in half) was programmed as part of Chris Sonnexs second season at The Bunker Theatre in November 2019. She is an alumna of the Soho Theatre Writers Lab 18/19 and one of the Bush Theatres Emerging Writers.
