Rita, Sue and Bob Too: A State Affair (Modern Plays)

Rita, Sue and Bob Too: A State Affair (Modern Plays)

by Andrea Dunbar (Author), Andrea Dunbar (Author), Robin Soans (Author)

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Rita, Sue and Bob Too by Andrea Dunbar; A State Affair by Robin Soans When it first came out, Rita Sue and Bob Too caused a sensation for it's frank portrayal of child sexuality in a Northern Town; the fact that the play was based on the writer's own experience only added to the furore. Max Stafford-Clark originally commissioned Rita, Sue and Bob Too for the Royal Court in 1982. Eighteen years later, he returned with a group of Out of Joint actors to the Bradford estates that Andrea knew. A State Affair is a record of what they found. A genius straight from the slums - Shelagh Delaney (on Andrea Dunbar) Mail on Sunday This is life, the facts are there ...these things do go on - maybe not in every circle, but certainly in mine - Andrea Dunbar, Yorkshire Post, 1986Out of Joint's production of Rita Sue and Bob Too and A State Affair premiered at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre in October 2000.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 192
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL
Published: 19 Oct 2000

ISBN 10: 0413757005
ISBN 13: 9780413757005

Author Bio

Andrea Dunbar was a British playwright. Her first play was The Arbor (1977), a brilliant depiction of an abusive father-daughter relationship. The play premiered at the Royal Court, directed by Max Stafford-Clark, winning the Young Writers' Festival. Her most well-known piece for theatre is Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1982), which was set in Bradford, West Yorkshire, and was a study of the sexual adventures of teenage girls. This was adapted for a film in 1986. Her third play, Shirley was produced in 1986. She died of a brain haemorrhage in 1990, at the age of 29.

Born in 1947, Robin Soans is an English actor and playwright, who specialises in verbatim theatre. His plays include: Across the Divide, A State Affair (published by Methuen Drama, 2000); The Arab-Israeli Cookbook, Talking to Terrorists, Life after Scandal, Bet Noir and Will and Testament.