{"product_id":"9781408103913","title":"Statement of Regret","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eStatement of Regret\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKwame Kwei-Armah\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ European \/ English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eKwaku Mackenzie, founder of a Black policy think tank, hits the bottle after his father's death. As media interest in the once dynamic Institute fades, his team grows fractious and then, disastrously, he favours a young Oxford scholar over his own devastated son. When, in a vain attempt to regain influence, he publicly champions division within the Black community, the consequences are shattering.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKwame Kwei-Armah's third play for the National Theatre opens in November 2007 and takes a punchy, provocative look at the Black British experience and the need, or not, for solidarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKwame Kwei-Armah\u003c\/b\u003e won the Peggy Ramsay award for his first play, \u003ci\u003eBitter Herb \u003c\/i\u003e(1998)\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was subsequently put on by The Bristol Old Vic, where he also became writer-in-residence. In 2003 The National Theatre produced the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eElmina's Kitchen\u003c\/i\u003e for which in 2004 he won The Evening Standard and Charles Wintor Awards for Most Promising Playwright, and was nominated for a Laurence Olivier award for Best New Play 2003. The National Theatre commissioned and produced a second play, \u003ci\u003eFix Up\u003c\/i\u003e,  in 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 November 2007\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\u003e9781408103913\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":51369853354124,"sku":"9781408103913","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_72a0f3c2-1e01-49de-a54e-9cc063c11cc4.jpg?v=1783880725","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781408103913","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}