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DEREK WALCOTT AND WEST INDIAN DRAMA
"NOT ONLY A PLAYWRIGHT BUT A COMPANY". THE TRINIDAD THEATRE WORKSHOP 1959-1993 |
| By: |
Bruce King |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£28.99 |
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£28.12 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198184646 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198184645 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
4 September, 1997 |
| Pages: |
426 |
| Description: |
Written at Derek Walcott's suggestion, and based on interviews with the playwright, this is the first detailed study of a post-colonial theatre company and the problems of creating `serious' theatre in the former colonies. Tracing Walcott's life and career in West Indian theatre and the history of the Trinidad Theatre Workshop, Bruce King's book shows how the Nobel prize-winner strove to create a world class theatre ensemble in the West Indies. |
| Synopsis: |
Written at Derek Walcott's suggestion, and based on interviews with the playwright and actors, this is the first detailed study of a post-colonial theatre company and the problems of creating 'serious' theatre in the former colonies. The book shows how Walcott strove to create a world class theatre ensemble in the West Indies - a Trinidadian Brecht Berliner ensemble - and traces his life and career in West Indian theatre, and the history of the Trinidad Theatre Workshop. Beginning with an actors' studio and the vision of a West Indian theatre company of international standards with its own style of acting, Derek Walcott developed the most important theatre company in the West Indies. This was the company which first performed his Dream on Monkey Mountain, the musical version of Ti-Jean and his Brothers, The Joker of Seville, and O Babylon! A major contribution to West Indian history and theatre, Bruce King's study reveals the heroic will of Derek Walcott and his actors, and their determination to prove that West Indian drama was a force with which to be reckoned. |
| Illustrations: |
8 pp halftones |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Clarendon Press |
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Returnable |
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