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The Funeral Director (NHB Modern Plays) - cover

The Funeral Director (NHB Modern Plays)

Iman Qureshi

Publisher: Nick Hern Books

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Winner of the Papatango New Writing Prize - 2018
Life as the director of a Muslim funeral parlour isn't always easy, but Ayesha has things pretty sorted. She and Zeyd share everything: a marriage, a business, a future.
Until Tom walks in to organise his boyfriend's funeral. A snap moral decision, informed by the values of Ayesha's community and faith, has profound consequences.
Forced to confront a secret she has hidden even from herself, Ayesha must decide who she is – no matter the cost.
Iman Qureshi's play The Funeral Director is an incisive and heartfelt story of sexuality, gender and religion in twenty-first-century Britain. It won the 2018 Papatango New Writing Prize and premiered at Southwark Playhouse, London, in 2018.
Available since: 11/12/2018.
Print length: 96 pages.

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