The Story of 'M'

SuAndi author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:19th Jan '17

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The Story of 'M' cover

SuAndi's moving tribute to the life and death of her mother who raised her mixed-race children in the face of frequent racism in the 1960s, but never let them forget they were of African descent and to be proud of their heritages. It is on the new A-levels English Literature syllabus - with a Black British list - offered by EdExcel (2017).

The Story of M is a solo performance that integrates visual projections and poetic language to portray autobiographical stories of racism, poverty and sacrifice. While sitting in a white screened hospital ward and as slides of family photographs flash all around her, SuAndi travels from the multi-racial Liverpool of the 1920s to life in Britain in the mid-nineties.

Commissioned by the Institute for Contemporary Arts in 1995, The Story of M has received great critical acclaim in both the United States and Great Britain. The Story of M is SuAndi's moving tribute to the life and death of her mother who raised her children in the face of frequent racism 1960s but never let them forget they were of African descent and to be proud of their heritages.

The Story of 'M' is on the new A-levels English Literature syllabus - with a Black British list – offered by EdExcel Examination Board (2017).

SuAndi’s work has global range, vision and appeal. Razorsharp and humorous yet tender and poignant, her writing spans decades. SuAndi is like a lonely long-distance runner who shuns the zeitgeist yet stands the test of time. The Story of M remains a classic. The work reveals one of her most admired skills: capturing extraordinary voices in everyday settings. -- Corinne Fowler, Director of the Centre for New Writing at the University of Leicester
a ground-breaking example of monodrama in modern Black theatre … Through its mixing of theatrical elements and performance registers, this moving and inspiring work bears testimony not only to an individual life but through this to Black experience and the authenticity of “mixed-race” identity -- Mick Wallis and Simon Shepherd, Studying Plays 4th edition

ISBN: 9781786821157

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 127g

88 pages