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Extension activities POST CARD National Theatre Learning Background Pack 36
Further resources: Merchandise, multimedia, links This list of content may enhance learning on the themes, and the historical and theatrical context of <strong>Moon</strong> on a Rainbow Shawl. Click on the arrow when you see it to access online content. (The National Theatre is not responsible for the content provided on linked websites.) iTunesU A repository for digital resources for National Theatre productions. Programme The illustrated programme for the National’s production of <strong>Moon</strong> on a Rainbow Shawl is available to purchase, at £2, from the National Theatre Bookshop, during the production’s run and, while stocks last, for a time afterwards. It contains an extract by Charles Duff on Errol John and the original production; articles by Margaret Busby on Trinidad and by Philip Hedley of Theatre Royal Stratford East on their 1986 production. There are photographs of Errol John, a painting by the play’s first designer, plus full information and rehearsal photos of the performing Company at the National Theatre. Published script The playtext of <strong>Moon</strong> on a Rainbow Shawl, published by Faber and Faber at £9.99 is also available to purchase from the National’s Bookshop. nationaltheatre.org.uk/bookshop 020 7452 3456 bookshop@nationaltheatre.org.uk Black Plays Archive A project initiated by actor, playwright and director Kwame Kwei-Armah to catalogue Black British plays, some forgotten, since the 1960s. The project is led by the National Theatre Archive in partnership with Sustained Theatre and with support from Arts Council England. More information: nationaltheatre.org.uk/70327/black-plays-archive/theblack-plays-archive.html Sustained Theatre sustainedtheatre.org.uk/about Talawa Theatre Company Michael Buffong, the director of this production, is the current artistic director of Talawa Theatre Company talawa.com National Theatre Learning Background Pack 37
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