Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile

Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile tells the story of the short, explosive life of playwright Andrea Dunbar, creator of the controversial cult classic Rita, Sue and Bob Too.

Interweaving fact and fiction, letters and scripts, newspaper stories and memory, Adelle Stripe reveals how a shy teenage girl defied the circumstances into which she was born, and the prejudice she met, to become one of her generation's greatest dramatists...

Set against the backdrop of the infamous Buttershaw estate in Bradford during the Thatcher era, this is an exhilarating and unforgettable account of an extraordinary woman's life, her tragedies and her triumphs.