Awards
- Winner of James Tait Black Prize for Drama 2018 (UK)
Overview
Based on the true story of her great uncle and freedom fighter Dinesh Gupta, Lions and Tigers is Tanika Gupta’s most personal play yet. It charts Dinesh Gupta’s emotional and political awakening as this extraordinary 19 year old pits himself against the British Raj.
Full Product Details
Author: Tanika Gupta (Author)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Oberon Books Ltd
Weight: 0.172kg
ISBN: 9781786821843
ISBN 10: 1786821842
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 31 August 2017
Audience:
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Tanika Gupta's deft and illuminating play... delicately picks its way through the ethical dilemmas... the storytelling is clear, bright, compelling and often witty... [a] sympathetic and wise exploration of how it felt to be caught up in such a painful and critical period of history.' Financial Times 'This ambitious, driving play... swings from dense history lecture to intimate storytelling, where Gupta's writing is at its most playful and potent... friends and family spar and banter; this is where Gupta makes her sharpest and funniest observations about politics, gender roles and internalised oppression.' The Guardian 'Tanika Gupta's new play... achieves balance, not spin... constantly reveal[s] both our capacity for cruelty and humanity.' WhatsOnStage 'A powerfully illuminating look at history.' The Stage
Tanika Gupta's deft and illuminating play... delicately picks its way through the ethical dilemmas... the storytelling is clear, bright, compelling and often witty... [a] sympathetic and wise exploration of how it felt to be caught up in such a painful and critical period of history.' Financial Times â â â â â 'This ambitious, driving play... swings from dense history lecture to intimate storytelling, where Gupta's writing is at its most playful and potent... friends and family spar and banter; this is where Gupta makes her sharpest and funniest observations about politics, gender roles and internalised oppression.' The Guardian â â â â 'Tanika Gupta's new play... achieves balance, not spin... constantly reveal[s] both our capacity for cruelty and humanity.' WhatsOnStage â â â â 'A powerfully illuminating look at history.' The Stage
Author Information
Tanika Gupta has written for theatre, radio, film and television. She is an Honorary Fellow at Rose Bruford College, was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2008 for Services to Drama, and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2016.
