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Leave Taking

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A new play about the conflict between a West-Indian woman and her English-born daughters.
  • 23 October 2018
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Enid is one of those West Indians who came to England in the fifties, determined to become “little Miss English.” Abandoned by her husband, she has struggled to bring up her two daughters to live her dream. Leave Taking is a beautifully observed, deeply moving account of what it is like to be caught in alienated limbo.
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Price: $22.95
Pages: 96
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Publication Date: 23 October 2018
Trim Size: 7.75 X 5.00 in
ISBN: 9781848427402
Format: Paperback
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Winsome Pinnock is an award-winning British playwright of Jamaican heritage. Her plays include: Rockets and Blue Lights (Royal Exchange, Manchester, 2020; National Theatre, 2021); and Leave Taking (Liverpool Playhouse Theatre / Contact Theatre Manchester / Belgrade Theatre Coventry / Lyric Hammersmith / National Theatre, 1986), among others. She adapted Malorie Blackman's novel Pig Heart Boy for the stage (Unicorn Theatre / Sheffield Theatres / Children's Theatre Partnership, 2025). Her work was won many accolades, including the Alfred Fagon Award (2018), the Windham-Campbell Prize for Drama (2022), the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Special Commendation (1990), the George Devine Award (1991), the Pearson Award for Best New Play (1991), and the Unity Theatre Trust Award (1989).