Elmina's Kitchen (Methuen Drama)

Author: Kwame Kwei-Armah Price: $ 8.35 (new) $ 8.35 (used) Medium: Paperback (94 pages) Publisher: A&C Black 2004-06-01

Editorial Description

This first major play by a young, British, black writer is a portrait of a one-parent family struggling to stay within the law amidst a sea of thievery, protection rackets and yardie violence on Hackney's Murder Mile.Kwame Kwei-Armah, a television actor and playwright, lives in London. Elmina's Kitchen premiered at the Royal National Theatre in spring 2003.

Reader Reviews

Elmina's Kitchen
Good play, although the author was a little bit overambitious in trying to capture the dialect.