At the MacGregor Plantation the Old South is alive and well. The heat in the air, the cotton fields - and the power of the whip. Yet nothing is quite as it appears... or maybe it is.

Jeremy O. Harris's Slave Play rips apart history to shed new light on the nexus of race, gender and sexuality in twenty-first-century America.

Iconic, controversial and groundbreaking, it opened at New York Theatre Workshop in 2018, transferred to Broadway the following year, and was nominated for twelve Tony Awards.

It received its British premiere at the Noel Coward Theatre in London's West End in 2024, directed by Robert O'Hara.

About the Author

Jeremy O. Harris is a playwright, screenwriter, essayist and actor. He has been described as 'one of the most promising playwrights of his generation' (Vogue) and the 'theatre world's vital new voice' (GQ).

Reviews

'The single most daring thing I've seen in a theater in a long time'

* New York Times *

'Prepare to be shocked... bold and scabrously witty... challenging in the best way... a vital presence in the West End.. Harris's ear for dialogue, and his ability to stoke tension and wrong-foot the audience are terrific... an elegant, essential provocation from a singular writer whose voice demands attention'

* Evening Standard *

'Uncomfortably funny and gruesomely sexy'

* New Yorker *

'Sensational... a sharp, intelligent, multi-layered satire... not an easy watch - but a necessary one'

* Independent *

'The most radical Broadway play in years'

* Chicago Tribune *

'Devastating... profoundly exposing and upsetting... Harris's writing is at once subtle and bludgeoning... a vital piece of theatre'

* WhatsOnStage *

'Slave Play offers some of the most stunning theatricality of the year'

* Washington Post *

'Brilliantly clever, grotesquely funny, extremely disturbing... Jeremy O. Harris is a provocateur with a stinging sense of humour, a laser-like mind and deeply serious intent... a fearlessly probing work that goes much further than flirting with the politically unsayable'

* The Stage *

'Ebulliently messy, fiendishly clever, frequently maddening and gloriously different... it's dynamite'

* Time Out *

'Theatre at its most provocative and powerful'

* The Upcoming *



Book Information
ISBN 9781839043543
Author Jeremy O. Harris
Format Paperback
Page Count 128
Imprint Nick Hern Books
Publisher Nick Hern Books
Weight(grams) 143g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 9mm