Colours: A Monologue, and Selected Works - Softcover

Rory Kilalea

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853981656 ISBN 13: 9781853981654

Publisher: Ashgrove Publishing Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

This collection presents finest of Rory Kilalea's work: the plays 'Colours' and 'The Diary of David and Ruth', as well as three outstanding short stories. 'Colours' is set in a Zimbabwean graveyard and is a powerful monologue by a woman of her memories, of love's highlights and losses, of the realities of being mixed-race and of the ravages of AIDS/HIV. 'The Diary of Ruth and David' has won a number of international awards and is a two-hander primarily set during the guerilla war that ended white rule in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. David is a sensitive and idealistic young white soldier and his girlfriend Ruth a naive and privileged white girl. Three short stories about Zimbabwe round out the collection: The 'Missing Cow', 'Zimbabwe Boy' and 'That's the Way it Is'. 'That's the Way it Is' is a droll account of filming in Africa. 'The Missing Cow' is a sinister tale set during the transition to black rule and 'Zimbabwe Boy' a touching sexual tale of an older white man and young black man.

About this title

About the Author:

Rory Kilalea was born in Zimbabwe of Irish parents. His work has been broadcast on the BBC, and his plays have been performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Riverside Studios, London; REPS Theatre, Harare; The Market Theatre, South Africa; and at the Tsavta Theatre, Jerusalem. Rory is currently writing, and lecturing at the Met Film School, Ealing Studios, in London, and teaches workshops internationally on writing and filming. While this collection is set in Africa, the messages of the stories and plays are universal.

Review:

'Colours' won the Oxfam Suzie Smith Award for excellence in writing on the issues surrounding AIDS/HIV.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ashgrove Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1853981656
• ISBN 13: 9781853981654
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136