{"product_id":"death-of-england-delroy-9781350229570","title":"Death of England: Delroy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMe jumping out of the van, was the beginning of a very bad day for me. I just didn't know it, but I was going to know it, in about four minutes, I was going to know, fer trut.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e2020. Delroy is arrested on his way to the hospital. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilled with anger and grief, he recalls the moments and relationships that gave him hope before his life was irrevocably changed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in response to their play \u003ci\u003eDeath \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eof England, Death of England: Delroy\u003c\/i\u003e is a new standalone work by Clint Dyer and Roy Williams, which follows a Black working-class man searching for truth and confronting his relationship with\u003cbr\u003eWhite Britain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition was published to coincide with the world premiere of \u003ci\u003eDeath of England: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDelroy\u003c\/i\u003e, at the National Theatre in 2020. The production was the first play to reopen the theatre following the Coronavirus pandemic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoy Williams\u003c\/b\u003e, 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. The \u003ci\u003eNo Boys Cricket Club\u003c\/i\u003e (Theatre Royal, Stratford East, 1996) won him nominations for the TAPS Writer of the Year Award 1996 and for New Writer of the Year Award 1996 by the Writers' Guild of Great Britain. He was the first recipient of the Alfred Fagon Award 1997 for \u003ci\u003eStarstruck \u003c\/i\u003e(Tricycle Theatre, London, 1998), which also won the 31st John Whiting Award and the EMMA Award 1999. \u003ci\u003eLift Off\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, 1999) was the joint winner of the George Devine Award 2000. His other plays include: \u003ci\u003eNight and Day \u003c\/i\u003e(Theatre Venture, 1996); \u003ci\u003eJosie's Boys \u003c\/i\u003e(Red Ladder Theatre Co., 1996); \u003ci\u003eSouls \u003c\/i\u003e(Theatre Centre, 1999); \u003ci\u003eLocal Boy\u003c\/i\u003e (Hampstead Theatre, 2000); \u003ci\u003eThe Gift \u003c\/i\u003e(Birmingham Rep\/Tricycle Theatre, 2000); \u003ci\u003eClubland \u003c\/i\u003e(Royal Court, 2001), winner of the Evening Standard Charles Wintour Award for the Most Promising Playwright; \u003ci\u003eFallout \u003c\/i\u003e(Royal Court Theatre, 2003) which was made for television by Company Pictures\/Channel 4; \u003ci\u003eSing Yer Heart Out for the Lads\u003c\/i\u003e (National Theatre, 2002, 2004), \u003ci\u003eLittle Sweet Thing \u003c\/i\u003e(New Wolsey, Ipswich\/ Nottingham Playhouse\/Birmingham Rep, 2005), \u003ci\u003eSlow Time \u003c\/i\u003e(National Theatre Education Department tour, 2005), \u003ci\u003eDays of Significance\u003c\/i\u003e (Swan Theatre, Stratfordupon- Avon, 2007), \u003ci\u003eAbsolute Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 2007), \u003ci\u003eJoe Guy\u003c\/i\u003e (Tiata Fahodzi\/Soho Theatre, 2007), \u003ci\u003eBaby Girl \u003c\/i\u003e(National Theatre, 2007), \u003ci\u003eOut of the Fog \u003c\/i\u003e(Almeida Theatre, 2007), \u003ci\u003eThere's Only One Wayne Matthews \u003c\/i\u003e(Polka Theatre, 2007), \u003ci\u003eCategory B\u003c\/i\u003e (Tricycle Theatre, 2009) and \u003ci\u003eSucker Punch\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal Court, 2010). He also contributed \u003ci\u003eA Chain Play\u003c\/i\u003e (Almeida Theatre, 2007) and \u003ci\u003eSixty Six \u003c\/i\u003e(Bush Theatre, 2011). His screenplays include \u003ci\u003eOffside\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of a BAFTA for Best Schools Drama 2002. His radio plays include \u003ci\u003eTell Tale, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHomeboys\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWestway\u003c\/i\u003e, which was broadcast as part of Radio 4 First Bite Young Writers' Festival, \u003ci\u003eTo Sir with Love\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Interrogation\u003c\/i\u003e. He also wrote \u003ci\u003eBabyfather \u003c\/i\u003efor BBC TV. He was awarded the OBE for Services to Drama in the 2008 Birthday Honours List. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eClint Dyer\u003c\/b\u003e: On stage he has worked with heralded directors like Mike Leigh, Simon Mcburney, Dominic Cooke, Micheal Attenbourgh, Jane Howel, Ian Brown, Mike Bradwell, Madani Yohonis, Gbolahan Obesisan, Dawn Walton, and the legendary Philip Hedley, etc. He starred on stage in the National Theatres Oliver winning show \u003ci\u003eMa Rainey's Black Bottom\u003c\/i\u003e directed by Dominic Cook, for which he won best actor in the I.A.R.Awards. Clint won Best actor at the British Urban Film Awards, Screen Nation Film and Television Awards, Liege International Film Festival and The Texas Black Film Festival for 'SUS' . He was also nominated for the Independent Spirit Award at the Screen Nation Film and Television Awards for 'SUS'. Clint directed the Olivier, Evening Standard, TMA and What's On Theatre Goers, nominated show 'THE BIG LIFE', at TRSE, bringing it to the Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue, makingmit the first Black British musical to go the West End. Also the soon to be seen 'The Happy Tragedy Of Being Woke' which Clint has written and will co-direct with Simon Mcburney for Complicite. Alongside this he is currently development with the BFI on a Raquel Delahay script called 'Ciara'. As a writer, Clint is under commission with BBC Films, Theatre Royal Stratford East and The Royal National Theatre.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50922639851794,"sku":"9781350229570","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bafd9e79-d8f6-40e8-882e-b1ac0e360beb.jpg?v=1738935717","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/death-of-england-delroy-9781350229570","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}