Right, you know the rules, watch the low blows, if it's a knock-down no messing about, go straight to your corner, and don't come out till called for, are we clear? Touch gloves, let's go. In the red corner: Leon Davidson - Black British champ or Uncle Tom? In the blue corner: Troy Augustus - American powerhouse or naive cash cow? Having spent their youth in the same London boxing gym, vying for the favouritism of inspirational, foul-mouthed trainer Charlie Maggs, the two former friends step into the ring and face up to who they are. Boxing has dominated their lives with an unhoped-for structure and meaning, but it becomes clear that it is no substitute for their health, family, and friends. Roy Williams' Sucker Punch looks back on what it was like to be young and black in the 1980s and asks if the right battles have been fought, let alone won. With an introduction by Harry Derbyshire, Lecturer in English and Drama at the University of Greenwich.
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Weight: 116g
Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
Publication Date: 21 May 2015
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781472574350
About Roy Williams
Roy Williams OBE worked as an actor before turning to writing full-time in 1990. He graduated from Rose Bruford in 1995 with a first class BA Hons degree in Writing and participated in the 1997 Carlton Television screenwriter's course. His plays include The No Boys Cricket Club (Theatre Royal Stratford East 1996); Starstruck (Tricycle Theatre London 1998); Lift Off (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs 1999); Night and Day (Theatre Venture 1996); Josie's Boys (Red Ladder Theatre Co. 1996); Souls (Theatre Centre 1999); Local Boy (Hampstead Theatre 2000); The Gift (Birmingham Rep/Tricycle Theatre 2000); Clubland (Royal Court 2001); Fallout (Royal Court Theatre 2003); Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads (National Theatre 2002 2004); Little Sweet Thing (New Wolsey Ipswich/ Nottingham Playhouse/Birmingham Rep 2005) Slow Time (National Theatre Education Department tour 2005) Days of Significance (Swan Theatre Stratfordupon- Avon 2007) Absolute Beginners (Lyric Theatre Hammersmith 2007) Joe Guy (Tiata Fahodzi/Soho Theatre 2007) Baby Girl (National Theatre 2007) Out of the Fog (Almeida Theatre 2007) There's Only One Wayne Matthews (Polka Theatre 2007) Category B (Tricycle Theatre 2009) and Sucker Punch (Royal Court 2010). He also contributed A Chain Play (Almeida Theatre 2007) Sixty Six (Bush Theatre 2011) Advice for the Young at Heart (UK tour 2013) and Kingston 14 (Theatre Royal Stratford East 2014). He was awarded the OBE for Services to Drama in the 2008 Birthday Honours List.
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