Author: Craig Higginson
Year: 2016
Geography: Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom
Synopsis: South African writer Craig Higginson’s powerful new play is a dark, witty and sexually-charged psychological drama told through the eyes of a beautiful English teacher and her French-Congolese pupil. A ‘state of the nation’ exploration of the tensions between the first and third worlds the play explores issues around language, power, identity, sex, past trauma, class, exile and refugees.
Publication: Higginson, C. (2016 2023). The Girl in the Yellow Dress. In Craig Higginson: Three Plays (pp. 74–147). London: Oberon Books.