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category: Drama
published: Apr 2016
ISBN:9781770915237
publisher: Playwrights Canada Press

Sultans of the Street

by Anusree Roy

tagged: theater, canadian
Description

When young orphans Mala and Chun Chun encounter brothers Prakash and Ojha on the busy streets of Kolkata, they are immediately at odds. The brothers come from a lower-middle-class family and spend their time flying kites instead of attending class, while Mala and Chun Chun can only dream of going to school, a goal Aunty promises will be fulfilled if they beg for money from passersby. After a petty fruit-stall heist lands Ojha in Aunty’s cunning hands, the brothers are blackmailed into begging alongside Mala and Chun Chun, forcing the children to interact. Though they find each other nuisances at first, the kids soon realize their strength in numbers as Aunty’s scheming is slowly revealed.

About the Author

Anusree Roy

Anusree is a Governor General’s Literary Award–nominated and four-time Dora Mavor Moore Award–winning writer and actor. For theatre, Anusree’s plays include Through the Eyes of God, Trident Moon, Little Pretty and The Exceptional, Sultans of the Street, Brothel # 9, Roshni, Letters to my Grandma, and Pyaasa. She is the recipient of the K.M. Hunter Artist Award, the RBC Emerging Artist Award, the Carol Bolt Award, and the Siminovitch Protégé Prize. She was a 2018 finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize (the largest and oldest playwriting prize for women writing for English-speaking theatre). She is also an adjunct professor of playwriting at the University of Toronto and a professor of creative writing, teaching advanced drama to M.F.A. students at the University of British Columbia.

Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
Age:
8 to 10
Grade:
3 to 5
Editorial Reviews

Roy brings richness to the conclusion, for though it’s uplifting, it doesn't erase the memory of the past.

— NOW Magazine

Roy is writing for a young audience and so her play reflects the dilemmas they will face. Do you steal and lie because it’s fun and you get stuff? Or do you tell the truth, play fair all the time, and live your life like a responsible person of character and live with the punishment? I love that Roy floats those dilemmas into her play and it never sounds like lecturing. And I love that the conclusion is honest and not sugar coated… Roy is a gifted writer.

— CIUT Friday Morning

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