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    Onions Make Us Cry
    Onions Make Us Cry
    Onions Make Us Cry
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    Onions Make Us Cry

    By Zainabu Jallo

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    Onions Make Us Cry, an absolutely fascinating, unusual play. The playwright dares to create a fresh style with poetic dialogues and a brilliant use of metaphors!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateMay 1, 2013
    ISBN9781481789196
    Onions Make Us Cry
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    Zainabu Jallo

    ZAINABU HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A YOUNG POWERFUL VOICE IN AFRICAN THEATRE. HER PLAYS, CHARACTERISED BY MOVING MONOLOGUES AND DIALOGUES LACED WITH THE MUSIC OF POETRY AND BRILLIANT USE OF METAPHORS ARE ORIGINALLY REFRESHING! SHE IS THE AUTHOR OF AWARD WINNING, ONIONS MAKE US CRY AND SARAYA DANGANA

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      Book preview

      Onions Make Us Cry - Zainabu Jallo

      © 2009, 2013 by Zainabu Jallo. All rights reserved.

      No rights in incidental music or songs contained in the work are hereby granted and performance rights for any performance/presentation whatsoever must be obtained from the respective copyright owners.

      All rights whatsoever in these plays are strictly reserved and application for performance etc. should be made before rehearsals begin to Livelihood Corporation Ltd, 72 New Bond Street, Mayfair, London W1S 1RR.

      Zainabu Jallo has asserted her rights under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1998, to be identified as the author of this work

      No performance may be given unless a license is obtained.

      Published by AuthorHouse   04/23/2013

      ISBN: 978-1-4817-8918-9 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4817-8919-6 (e)

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      Characters

      Situation One

      Situation Two

      Situation Three

      Situation Four

      Situation Five

      Situation Six

      Situation Seven

      Situation Eight

      Zainabu Jallo’s Onions Make Us Cry was first drafted at The Royal Court Theatre London in August 2008, where she was an international Playwright in residence.

      In 2009, she was offered a literary fellowship at the Global Arts Village, New Delhi, India where Onions Make Us Cry was first presented.

      Winner of the National Theatre Studio London Africa Project, Onions Make Us Cry has received presentations and performances in Lagos, NewYork, UK, and Sweden. It continues touring in newer spaces.

      Saraya Dangana, (2008) and Holy Night (2012) are two other plays by the author

      She also has a collection of open style poetry, Some of the People I Am.

      Zainabu is also a Sundance theatre lab alumni.

      For You

      Characters

      Onions Make Us Cry was first presented at a reading in the Patanjali performance studio of the Global Arts Village, New Delhi, India in July 2009.

      The cast was as follows:

      SITUATION ONE

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