<p><em>'My name is Phyllis Princess James.</em><br />
<em>I will wear this crown every day. </em><br />
<em>I will never take it off even when I am asleep.'</em></p>
<p>Meet Princess. A cheeky ten-year-old, with a plan to win the Weston-super-Mare Beauty Contest. Trouble is, her mum is busy working several jobs, her brother, a budding photographer, won't even take her picture and then - The Hustler returns.</p>
<p>In 1963 Bristol, as Black British Civil Rights campaigners walk onto the streets, Princess finds out what it really means to be black and beautiful.</p>
<p>Chinonyerem Odimba's play <em>Princess & The Hustler</em> was first seen at the Bristol Old Vic in February 2019, followed by a UK tour, in a co-production between Eclipse Theatre Company, Bristol Old Vic and Hull Truck Theatre, directed by Dawn Walton. The play was shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon Best New Play Award 2018.</p>
Paperback / softback | 128 pages | Published February 2019
