This wide ranging collection of plays by black British playwrights features six key plays that have shaped the trajectory of British black theatre from 1979 to the present. It contains classic plays from each of the last three decades of the twentieth century and three from the first decade of the twenty-first. The Methuen Drama Book of Plays by Black British Writers is a rich read - or source of performance ideas - for students and others. Work by playwrights such as Jackie Kay, Kwame Kwei-Armah and Roy Williams is included.