{"product_id":"9781350341777","title":"Darkest Part of the Night","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eDarkest Part of the Night\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNtombizodwa Nyoni\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ Playwriting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou've got to learn how to keep it inside. We have to. The world doesn't like us acting out. They'll put you down any chance they get. You can't be doing all this screaming. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs siblings Shirley and Dwight bury their mother, they remember their upbringing in 1980s Chapeltown Leeds differently. In the height of racial discrimination, police brutality and poverty, the struggle for survival ripped through their family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow as adults, they need to bring together the fractured pieces of their past in order to move forward.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZodwa Nyoni's gripping and heartfelt drama explores the complexities and beauty of what it really means to care for one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZodwa Nyoni\u003c\/b\u003e is a Zimbabwean-born playwright and poet based in Leeds, UK. As winner of the Channel 4 Playwright's Scheme, she was Writer-in-Residence at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2014. Her first full-length play, \u003ci\u003eBoi Boi is Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 2014\/15. Other theatre credits include: \u003ci\u003eTangled Roots\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), \u003ci\u003eNine Lives \u003c\/i\u003e(2014), \u003ci\u003eCome To Where I'm From\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), \u003ci\u003eThe Market \u003c\/i\u003e(2013), \u003ci\u003eDi Daakes' Part A Di Night\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), \u003ci\u003eHome Has Died\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), \u003ci\u003eWhy The Drought Returns\u003c\/i\u003e (2012),\u003ci\u003e The Night Shift \u003c\/i\u003e(2011) and \u003ci\u003eThe Povo Die Till Freedom Comes\u003c\/i\u003e (2010). She has been the recipient of the following awards: Award for the Arts 2011 (Leeds Black Awards) and the Young Black and Asian Writers Award (The Big Issue in the North's Short Story Competition 2011).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e25 August 2022\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350341777\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e96\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3.68\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369605922956,"sku":"9781350341777","price":14.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_ff45b221-2666-4879-9ed7-3954d8f8b750.jpg?v=1783879817","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350341777","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}