Synopsis
Liberian Girl
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Published by Methuen
4 Male 4 Female
Set during the early years of the First Liberian Civil War (1989 1996), this startling debut play tells the story of fourteen-year-old Martha who flees her country, disguised as a boy, when it's invaded by rebels
Investigated and cruelly interrogated, she is separated from her grandmother as they attempt to escape the conflict under false identities and, convincing in her boy's apparel
Then Martha is forced to join the rebels' army