The Day The Waters Came by Lisa Evans (9781849439060)

Description - The Day The Waters Came by Lisa Evans

Winner of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Best Play for Children and Young People 2011
It is summer, 2005, New Orleans. Maya Marsalis takes you by the hand, sometimes the throat, and leads you through her landscape the day Hurricane Katrina came, the levees broke, the world watched and the US Government did nothing.Go with her, as she shows you how her world and that of thousands of black American citizens changed forever, the day the waters came.A sister piece to Evans’ seminal play for young audiences Stamping, Shouting And Singing Home, this new play explores the environmental and social impact of Hurricane Katrina on the communities in New Orleans.

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