Fat Ham

Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, James Ijames' play reinvents Shakespeare's Hamlet in startling and hilarious ways amidst the backdrop of a family barbecue in the American South. Staged by the RSC in 2025.

About the author

James Ijames is an American playwright, director, actor, and educator. He was awarded the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Fat Ham. His other awards include a Pew Fellowship, the F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Artist, the Terrence McNally New Play Award, a Whiting Award, a Kesselring Prize, and a Steinberg Prize. His other plays include The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington and White.

Product details

• Authors: James Ijames
• Publisher: Hern, Nick Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 21.08.2025
• EAN: 9781839044908
• ISBN: 978-1-83904-490-8
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: NHB Modern Plays
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; DRAMA / American / General, Plays, Playscripts, Relating to gay people, US South, DRAMA / LGBTQ+, Relating to African American / Black American people, Plays, playscripts, drama, Modern and contemporary plays / drama