{"product_id":"brixton-stories-and-happy-birthday-mister-deka-d-modern-plays-0413771814","title":"Brixton Stories and Happy Birthday, Mister Deka D (Modern Plays)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0413771814\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bandele, Biyi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo plays by one of Britain's most prolific young black authorsBrixton StoriesOssie Jones is an immigration lawyer in Brixton, London, a place full of wordmongers, preachers and prophets. One day he falls into a coma, is arrested for a crime he has not committed and is locked up in prison with a triple-lifer. Biyi Bandele's witty and engaging play is in a world in which fantasy may, troublingly, be more real than reality.Brixton Stories premiered at The Tricycle Theatre, London, 2001.Happy Birthday, Mister Deka D'I went for a walk. I fought in a war. I took long rides on the tube. I met someone new. We had a child. She met someone new. The seasons changed. I changed with the seasons... That's why I'm here.' Relationships are as elusive as memory iself in this poetic and lyrical play.Happy Birthday Mister Deka D premiered at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh in August 1999 and transferred to the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith.Praise for Happy Birthday, Mister Deka D: \"A little miracle of stillness\" Independent\"A perky, quirky look at love, laughter and forgetting, Mister Deka D suggests that only when you stop avoiding the issue are you able to move on\" The Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51859366478112,"sku":"NEW0413771814","price":29.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81wYxcSIjHL.jpg?v=1781587841","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/brixton-stories-and-happy-birthday-mister-deka-d-modern-plays-0413771814","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}