Mixed Company: Three Early Jamaican Plays (Oberon Modern Playwrights)
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- Synopsis
- In 2012 Jamaica celebrates the 50th anniversary of Independence.Mixed Company is a collection of three of the finest early Jamaicantheatrical works, written for the most part before the dawn ofIndependence.Written in 1954 (The Creatures by Cicely Waite-Smith), 1960 (Bedwardby Louis Marriott) and 1970 (Maskarade by Sylvia Wynter), the playsare examples of works conceived with a Jamaican audience in mind,a Jamaican audience conscious of the melting pot in which it lived.Each offers a unique perspective on the spirit of a people whoheld on to traditional beliefs and customs in the face of colonialopprobrium as the populace struggled to gain its political, socialand cultural independence.
- Copyright:
- 1970
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781849436342
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781849432160
- Publisher:
- Oberon Books
- Date of Addition:
- 09/23/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Cecily Waite-Smith, Louis Marriott, Sylvia Wynter
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Drama, Plays and Theater
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Yvonne Brewster
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