{"product_id":"samuel-takes-a-break-in-male-dungeon-no-5-after-a-long-but-generally-successful-day-of-tours-9781839043185","title":"Samuel Takes a Break… in Male Dungeon No. 5 After a Long but Generally Successful Day of Tours","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is 2019, the Year of Return, marking four hundred years since the first enslaved Africans arrived in America. We are at a slave castle in Ghana. Samuel is our tour guide. It's his job to give tourists a really, really authentic experience of the castle's dark history, and to do it all with a smile. Thank you, Samuel!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tourists are Samuel's guests, and they're on a journey of self-discovery. But they're here, standing on soil, blood and bones, asking for a selfie. They want to buy trinkets from the gift shop. Samuel would never want to hurt the tourists. And they would never want to hurt him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRhianna Ilube's \u003cem\u003eSamuel Takes a Break… in Male Dungeon No. 5 After a Long but Generally Successful Day of Tours\u003c\/em\u003e is a genre-blending play about colonialism, identity and the attempt to preserve the past. It was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Playwriting and the Verity Bargate Award, and was a finalist for the 2024 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. It premiered at The Yard Theatre, London, in 2024, directed by Anthony Simpson-Pike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rhianna Ilube","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48294810288379,"sku":"9781839043185","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781839043185.jpg?v=1772487364","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/samuel-takes-a-break-in-male-dungeon-no-5-after-a-long-but-generally-successful-day-of-tours-9781839043185","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}