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    Through the Mud (NHB Modern Plays)
    Through the Mud (NHB Modern Plays)
    Through the Mud (NHB Modern Plays)
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    Through the Mud (NHB Modern Plays)

    By Apphia Campbell

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    'It's our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win.'
    Assata Shakur, a notorious Black Panther, is accused of murdering a state trooper in New Jersey in 1973. Ambrosia, a college student in 2014, is at the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement in Ferguson, Missouri, finding herself swept up in the consequences of protesting.
    Two generations of women activists involved in the struggle for Black liberation in America.
    Against a stunning soundtrack of gospel and blues, Apphia Campbell's Through the Mud explores what it takes to become a revolutionary. Originally performed in Edinburgh in 2017, with the title Woke, it won a Scotsman Fringe First, a Highly Commended Award from Amnesty International, and was shortlisted for the Filipa Bragança and Scottish Art Club Theatre Awards.
    This edition was published alongside the revival at Summerhall during the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, co-produced by Stellar Quines and The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh.
    'Brave and remarkable… a fierce seventy minutes of music and protest' - The Scotsman
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNick Hern Books
    Release dateAug 15, 2024
    ISBN9781788508339
    Through the Mud (NHB Modern Plays)
    Author

    Apphia Campbell

    Apphia Campbell is an American writer and performer whose other work includes Black is the Color of My Voice.

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      Book preview

      Through the Mud (NHB Modern Plays) - Apphia Campbell

      Apphia Campbell

      THROUGH

      THE MUD

      NICK HERN BOOKS

      London

      www.nickhernbooks.co.uk

      Contents

      Original Production Details

      Characters

      Note on Text

      Through the Mud

      About the Author

      Copyright and Performing Rights Information

      Through the Mud was first performed at The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh on 2 November 2023. The cast was as follows:

      This edition was published alongside the revival at Summerhall during the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

      Characters

      ASSATA, mid to late thirties, strong and grounded in her beliefs

      AMBROSIA, eighteen, naive, young, innocent

      All other characters are played by the two performers:

      TREY, twenties, a college student, knowledgable, confident

      PARAMEDIC, any age, any race, a concerned professional

      JUDGE, arrogant, white

      NJ POLICE OFFICER, white, any age

      COLLEGE STUDENT, early to mid-twenties

      PROFESSOR, Black, energetic, passionate

      BPP MEMBER, female, young, determined

      SANDRA, thirties, Asatta’s friend, grounded

      EVELYN, thirty-five, a lawyer

      GRANDMOTHER, sixties, worldly

      Notes on Text

      A forward slash ( / ) denotes overlapping dialogue.

      This ebook was created before the end of rehearsals and so may differ slightly from the play as performed.

      Scene 1

      An opening soundscape: the political climate in Ferguson, Missouri, protest sounds, chanting, the sound of the crowd, etc.

      We then hear about ASSATA SHAKUR being wanted for murder, and the government is out for her arrest.

      All this merges into a slow guitar playing of ‘St. Louis Blues’ by W. C. Handy.

      AMBROSIA sings the first verse and the chorus.

      Scene 1.5

      Ambrosia’s world. Ambrosia’s childhood home.

      AMBROSIA. I remember the first time I heard that song, ‘St. Louis Blues’. Bessie Smith, she recorded it in 1925 but it was originally recorded by W. C. Handy.

      Bet you didn’t know that. It was first time any blues was played in a minor key. Bet you didn’t know that either. Something about that melody made me wonder what kind of women lived in St. Louis. People always said, ‘That song’s about sadness.’ But you know what I heard?

      AMBROSIA sings a line from Bessie Smith’s version of ‘St. Louis Blues’.

      I always thought it was a song about adventure, and that glamorous women lived in St. Louis. And I’m gonna be

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