Abstract This paper examines two British plays that respond to cases in which the police have been implicated in the deaths of black men. Gillian Slovo’s The Riots (Tricycle Theatre, 2011) uses interviews from witnesses and politicians to dissect the events leading up to and during the Tottenham riots that followed in the wake of the fatal police shooting of Mark Duggan by police on 4 August 2011 and spread to other inner cities in England over the following five nights. I examine how the first half portrays the local community’s concerns and locates the breakout of riots within a longer history of tense police-community relations in Tottenham, whereas the second half focuses on the political rhetoric surrounding the spread of rioting throughout England, which means that Mark Duggan disappears from the narrative. Oladipo Agboluaje’s adaptation of Kester Aspden’s The Hounding of David Oluwale (Eclipse Theatre, 2009) effectively uses dramatic strategies to remember the life of 38-year old Nigerian David Oluwale whose body was retrieved from the River Aire in Leeds on 4 May 1969 after allegedly last seen being chased towards the river by two police officers two weeks earlier. I explore the effectiveness of both plays as memorializations of black lives and consider how they contribute to ongoing debates about the relationship between black men and the police in Britain. #BlackLivesMatter #BlackPlaysMatter

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#BlackLivesMatter：在当代英国戏剧中纪念马克·杜根和大卫·奥卢瓦勒

摘要 本文考察了两部英国戏剧，它们对警察与黑人死亡有牵连的案件作出反应。Gillian Slovo 的 The Riots（三轮车剧院，2011 年）使用目击者和政客的采访来剖析托特纳姆骚乱之前和期间的事件，该骚乱是在 2011 年 8 月 4 日警察枪杀马克·杜根并蔓延到在接下来的五个晚上，英格兰的其他内陆城市。我研究了前半部分如何描绘当地社区的担忧并将骚乱的爆发定位在托特纳姆热刺警察社区关系紧张的较长历史中，而后半部分则侧​​重于围绕骚乱在整个英格兰蔓延的政治言论，这意味着马克·杜根从叙述中消失了。Oladipo Agboluaje 改编自 Kester Aspden 的 The Hounding of David Oluwale（Eclipse 剧院，2009 年）有效地使用了戏剧性的策略来记住 38 岁的尼日利亚人 David Oluwale 的生活，他的尸体于 1969 年 5 月 4 日在利兹的艾尔河中被发现，据称是最后一次两周前被两名警察追赶到河边。我探讨了这两部戏剧作为对黑人生活的纪念的有效性，并考虑它们如何促进关于英国黑人与警察之间关系的持续辩论。#BlackLivesMatter #BlackPlaysMatter 2009）有效地使用了戏剧性的策略来记住 38 岁的尼日利亚人大卫奥卢瓦莱的生活，他的尸体于 1969 年 5 月 4 日从利兹的艾尔河被发现，据称两周前最后一次有人看到他被两名警察追向河流。我探讨了这两部戏剧作为对黑人生活的纪念的有效性，并考虑它们如何促进关于英国黑人与警察之间关系的持续辩论。#BlackLivesMatter #BlackPlaysMatter 2009）有效地使用了戏剧性的策略来记住 38 岁的尼日利亚人大卫奥卢瓦莱的生活，他的尸体于 1969 年 5 月 4 日从利兹的艾尔河被发现，据称两周前最后一次有人看到他被两名警察追向河流。我探讨了这两部戏剧作为对黑人生活的纪念的有效性，并考虑它们如何促进关于英国黑人与警察之间关系的持续辩论。#BlackLivesMatter #BlackPlaysMatter