Jacqueline Rudet (born 12 February 1962) is a British dramatist.Jacqueline Rudet
''Unfinished Histories''. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

Biography

Born in

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, England, Jacqueline Rudet (also known as Magdalene St Luce), spent her early years in the Caribbean island of

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, before returning to Britain, and studying drama at Barking College. Rudet's play ''Basin'' opened at the

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on 29 October 1985. Set in a London flat after a party the night before, the story centring on the friendship between three Dominican women living in London, ''Basin'' was published in ''Black Plays'', edited by

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(Methuen, 1987), and extracts were included in the anthology ''

Daughters of Africa ''Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient Egyptian to the Present'' is a compilation of orature and literature by more than 200 women from Africa and the African diaspora ...

'' (edited by

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, 1992).

Works

* ''Money to Live''. First produced at the Royal Court Theatre, 1984. Published in ''Plays by Women'', Vol. 5, ed. Mary Remnant, Methuen, 1986). * ''Basin''. Produced at the Royal Court Theatre, 1985. * ''God's Second In Command''. First produced at the Royal Court Theatre, 1985. * ''Take Back What's Yours''. First produced at the Warehouse Theatre, Croydon, 1989.

References

External links

Black Plays Archive: Jaqueline Rudet
1962 births 20th-century British dramatists and playwrights Living people Black British women writers Black British writers British women dramatists and playwrights {{UK-playwright-stub