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This edition is published to coincide with the UK premiere at the Lyric Theatre, Hampstead, in June 2023.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49752757371153,"sku":"NGR9781350407206","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51330344157457,"sku":"CIN1350407208G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52604614082833,"sku":"GOR014560043","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1350407208.jpg?v=1750793002"},{"product_id":"jocelyn-bioh-three-plays-book-jocelyn-bioh-9781350423343","title":"Jocelyn Bioh: Three Plays","description":"\"Ms. Bioh, a native New Yorker whose parents emigrated from Ghana in 1968, has made it her mission, theatrically and personally, to tell stories about African and African-American characters that buck expectation and defy stereotype.\" (New York Times)   This first collection of plays from American contemporary playwright Jocelyn Bioh brings together a trilogy of celebrated work recently seen in New York and around the world.   Merry Wives: Set in South Harlem, amidst a vibrant and eclectic community of West African immigrants, Merry Wives is a New York story about tricks of the heart. A raucous spinoff featuring the Bard’s most beloved comic characters, this hilarious farce tells the story of the trickster Falstaff and the wily wives who outwit him in a new celebration of Black joy, laughter, and vitality.    Nollywood Dreams:  It's the nineties and in Lagos, Nigeria, the \"Nollywood\" film industry is exploding. Looking to make the first Nollywood film with Western crossover appeal, Gbenga Ezie, Nigeria's hottest director, has decided to host an open casting call for the female lead of his new romantic drama\/thriller \"The Comfort Zone.\" Casting for the film draws on more emotions than expected in this imagining of what the growing Nollywood film scene was like as it rose to become the phenomenon it is today.  School Girls; Or The African Mean Girls Play: Paulina, the reigning queen bee at Ghana's most exclusive boarding school, has her sights set on the Miss Universe pageant. But the arrival of Ericka, a new student with undeniable talent and beauty, captures the attention of the pageant recruiter--and Paulina’s hive-minded friends. This buoyant and biting comedy explores the universal similarities (and glaring differences) facing teenage girls across the globe. 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Just like her mother, Dreamer Marie is trying to secure her future; she's just graduated high school and all she wants to do is go to college. While Marie deals with the customers' and stylists' laugh-out-loud drama, news pierces the hearts of the women of the salon, galvanizing their connections and strengthening the community they have longed to make in the United States.Centered on a community of vibrant Black craftswomen, all of whom shine with lived-in warmth and well-observed qualities, Jocelyn Bioh's Tony-nominated play tells these women's stories with delicacy and dignity. 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Across one hot summer's day, these women experience everything in the pressure cooker of the sweltering shop: from demanding customers to secrets and lies, laughter and betrayal. But each of these women has big dreams as well, dreams which increasingly pit them against the city they call home.  The UK premiere of this Tony Award-winning comedy reunites writer Jocelyn Bioh and director Monique Touko, the team behind smash-hit School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.   This edition was published to coincide with the Madison Wells Live and Chase This Productions co-production at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre in March 2026.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53587552436497,"sku":"NIN9781350645813","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781350645813.jpg?v=1779483398"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-jocelyn-bioh.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}