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GILLIAN SLOVO |
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Nationality: South African Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Aitken Alexander Associates |
Gillian Slovo is an author, journalist, playwright and the President of English Pen. Gillian has written 12 novels including Black Orchids and Red Dust, which won the RFI Temoin du Monde prize in France and was made into a film starring Hilary Swank and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Her novel Ice Road was shortlisted for the 2004 Orange Prize for Fiction and her family memoir, Every Secret Thing, was an international bestseller. Her play Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom , co-written for the Tricycle Theatre, has played in theatres around the world including New York and Washington DC. Her edited interviews with women politicians was put on as part of the Tricycle's 2010 Women Power and Politics Season. In 2009 she won an amnesty media award for her article on children in detention. She is a reviewer, opinion writer and in 2008 wrote a column for the South African newspaper, The Star.
Plays by Gillian Slovo
Guantanamo | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39671 | |||
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Genre: | Documentary Drama Documentary | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | written by Victoria Brittain and Gillian Slovo | |||||
| 'I don't know what crime I am supposed to have committed for which not only I but my wife and children should continually suffer.' British detainee Moazzam Begg. Weaving together personal stories, legal opinion and political debate, 'Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom' looks at the questions surrounding the detentions in Guantanamo Bay, and asks how much damage is being done to Western democratic values during the 'war of terror'. | |||||
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Riots, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 17 Nov 2011 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1849431996 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #132700 | |||
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Genre: | piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
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| The Riots, from spoken evidence, continues the Tricycle's record of addressing current issues, in this case with a dramatic account of the recent riots, brought to the stage more than three months before the Deputy Prime Minister's Committee on Riots is due to report. From tweets by taxi drivers, to moment-by-moment accounts by riot police, it will build a real-time picture of the riots as they unfolded. And then, from interviews with politicians, police, teachers, lawyers, community leaders, as well as victims and on-lookers, it will analyse what happened, why it happened, and what we should do towards making a better future for ourselves and our city. | |||||
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Verbatim Accounts | ||
| 1st Produced: | 04 Jun 2010 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1848421165 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #113152 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of Women, Power & Politics: Then | |||||
Synopsis: | From leading politicians, edited from interviews she has recently conducted. | |||||
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