{"product_id":"samuel-takes-a-break-in-male-dungeon-no-5-after-a-long-but-generally-successful-day-of-tours-paperback-2","title":"Samuel Takes a Break... in Male Dungeon No. 5 After a Long But Generally Successful Day of Tours - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRhianna Ilube\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is 2019, the Year of Return, marking four hundred years since the first enslaved Africans arrived in America. We are at a slave castle in Ghana. Samuel is our tour guide. It's his job to give tourists a really, really authentic experience of the castle's dark history, and to do it all with a smile. Thank you, Samuel!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tourists are Samuel's guests, and they're on a journey of self-discovery. But they're here, standing on soil, blood and bones, asking for a selfie. They want to buy trinkets from the gift shop. Samuel would never want to hurt the tourists. And they would never want to hurt him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRhianna Ilube's \u003cem\u003eSamuel Takes a Break... in Male Dungeon No. 5 After a Long but Generally Successful Day of Tours\u003c\/em\u003e is a genre-blending play about colonialism, identity and the attempt to preserve the past. It was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Playwriting and the Verity Bargate Award, and was a finalist for the 2024 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. It premiered at The Yard Theatre, London, in 2024, directed by Anthony Simpson-Pike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRhianna Ilube\u003c\/strong\u003e is a playwright and events curator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer debut play \u003cem\u003eSamuel Takes a Break... in Male Dungeon No. 5 After a Long but Generally Successful Day of Tours\u003c\/em\u003e (Yard Theatre, London, 2024) was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Playwriting, and Highly Commended for the Soho Theatre's Verity Bargate Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe was previously Associate Director at Coney, and her other theatre work includes \u003cem\u003eWE ARE HERE TO MAKE CHANGE!!!!!!!!!!!! \u003c\/em\u003e(Royal Court) and \u003cem\u003e1884 \u003c\/em\u003e(Coney).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 7.64 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47448696651997,"sku":"9781839043185","price":42.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/ED9v-hqezt9781839043185_ae1d1156-59e1-4db3-8eb5-a16b2136b551.webp?v=1771520728","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/samuel-takes-a-break-in-male-dungeon-no-5-after-a-long-but-generally-successful-day-of-tours-paperback-2","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}