Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads
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Publishing Details
Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads
By (Author) Mr Roy Williams
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Methuen Drama
1st November 2006
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
822.914
Physical Properties
Paperback
112
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 7mm
130g
Description
Saturday 7 October 2000. England v Germany, The King George v The Duke of York. Keegan resigns and Barry plays a blinder. Tensions erupt in a South London pub as England lose again.
First produced at the National Theatre in 2002, Sing Yer Hearts Out for the Lads became a controversial classic exploring racial tension against the backdrop of an England football match watched in a south London pub.
The play highlights how a surface acceptance of racial differences is easily destoryed leading to violent escalation and the polarisation of racial groups.
Author Bio
Roy Williams graduated from Rose Bruford in 1995 with a first class BA Hons Degree in Writing. The No Boys Cricket Club won him a nomination for New Writer of the Year by the Writers' Guild of Great Britain. His most recent work includes The Gift (2000), Clubland (2001), Little Sweet Thing (2005), and Slow Time (developed as part of the National Theatre's education programme, 2005).
