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Malorie Blackman

Noughts & Crosses (NHB Modern Plays)

An electrifying, bittersweet love story with echoes of Romeo and Juliet, set in a society divided by racial bigotry and a world rocked by terrorism. Adapted from Malorie Blackman's best-selling novels.

Sephy (a Cross) is the daughter of the Deputy Prime Minister. Callum is the son of a Nought agitator. United by a shared sense of injustice as children, and separated by intolerance as they grow up, their desire to be together begins to eclipse all family loyalty — sparking a political crisis of unimaginable proportions.

'I wanted to turn society as we know it on its head, with new names for the major divisions, i.e. Noughts (the underclass) and Crosses (the majority, ruling society)' — Malorie Blackman

'Dominic Cooke's excellent adaptation… a dark, politically unsentimentalised story about teenage love transcending the barriers in a deeply divided society… heart-rending' — Independent
84 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2014
Publication year
2014
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  • amelierosepottershared an impression7 months ago
    👍Worth reading

    Loved it so much drama and amazing writing

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