Noughts and Crosses - Oxford Playscripts

Dominic Cooke's acclaimed Royal Shakespeare Company adaptation of the bestselling novel by Malorie Blackman ...

An electrifying, bitter-sweet love story with echoes of Romeo and Juliet, set in a society divided by racial bigotry and a world rocked by terrorism

Callum is a Nought - a second class citizen in a world run by Crosses

Sephy is a Cross - daughter of one of the most powerful men in the country

Noughts and Crosses simply don't mix ...

... but they are determined to try

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* Speaking parts: 13 male; 11 female; 2 either

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