Testing the Echo

David Edgar author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Nick Hern Books

Published:17th Jan '08

Should be back in stock very soon

Testing the Echo cover

A timely, provocative and witty look at the campaign to redefine Britishness for a multicultural society.

Who is head of the Church of England? How many members are there in the Welsh Assembly? What is the main function of the Council of Europe?

Emma is a dedicated ESOL teacher (English for Speakers of Other Languages), teaching British citizenship to people from Somalia, Serbia, the Congo, India and Egypt. At the same time, Tetyana, Mahmood and Chong have their own, very different reasons for wanting to pass the citizenship test. As the Home Office worries away at the questions in the test, Emma faces a challenge to her deepest-held beliefs.

David Edgar's play Testing the Echo was first staged by Out of Joint on a UK tour in 2008.

'A powerful new play... important and disturbing'

* Scotsm

ISBN: 9781854595539

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 9mm

Weight: 140g

128 pages