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White Lead (NHB Modern Plays) - cover

White Lead (NHB Modern Plays)

Jessica Siân

Publisher: Nick Hern Books

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Summary

White Lead by Jessica Siân explores the expectations and responsibilities of being an artist and a woman.
The play is taken from Women Centre Stage; a collection of eight short plays, commissioned and developed as part of the Women Centre Stage Festival, that together demonstrate the range, depth and richness of women's writing for the stage.
Selected by Sue Parrish, Artistic Director of Sphinx Theatre, these plays offer a wide variety of rewarding roles for women, and are perfect for schools, youth groups and theatre companies to perform. Other writers included in the collection include Winsome Pinnock, Timberlake Wertenbaker and April De Angelis.
Available since: 06/07/2016.
Print length: 16 pages.

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