Leave Taking

This article is about the play by Winsome Pinnock. For the EP by Rocket Juice & the Moon, see Leave-Taking.

Leave Taking
Written byWinsome Pinnock
Characters
  • Enid Matthews
  • Del Matthews
  • Viv Matthews
  • Mai
  • Broderick
Date premiered11 November 1987 (1987-11-11)
Place premieredLiverpool Playhouse
Original languageEnglish
SettingLondon

Leave Taking is a play by Winsome Pinnock which was first produced by the Liverpool Playhouse in 1987. Pinnock's first full-length play, it won the 1991 George Devine Award and, in 1994, was produced by the National Theatre. It was the first play by a Black British woman to be produced by the National Theatre.

Leave Taking is a set text for the English Literature GCSE examined by AQA and Eduqas.

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