Contemporary Dramatists

''[Williams''s] plays have brought the experience of black urban youth onto the stage'' Observer

Sucker Punch: ''As usual with Williams, the dialogue is crisp and bespoke: motives are mixed, nobody is a hero, nothing is just black and white.'' The Times

Joe Guy: ''Williams''s dialogue ricochets around the stage like gunfire . . . energetic, exciting and entertaining.'' Stage

Category B: ''Category B is a harrowing play, but one shot through with both dark humour and tentative flickers of hope''. Daily Telegraph

Baby Girl: ''The shocking thing about Roy Williams''s Baby Girl is that it argues that there is a cyclical pattern to teenage pregnancy . . . Williams paints a rivetingly plausible picture of a world in which mothers and daughters are sexual rivals, ''virgin'' is the ultimate peer insult and the school gates are a fertile hunting ground for male predators.'' Guardian

There''s Only One Wayne Matthews: ''Williams''s writing is punchy . . . Wayne''s gradual understanding of the realities of the world make this a touching coming-of-age drama.'' Guardian