Mixed company : three early Jamaican plays /

Mixed company : three early Jamaican plays /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:London : Oberon Books, 2012.
Description:256 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Jamaican drama -- 20th century.
Jamaican drama.
Jamaica.
Drama.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8929439
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Other uniform titles:Brewster, Yvonne.
Wynter, Sylvia. Maskarade.
Marriott, Louis, 1935- Bedward.
Waite-Smith, Cicely. Creatures.
ISBN:9781849432160 (pbk.)
1849432163 (pbk.)
Notes:"Maskarade by Sylvia Wynter; Bedward by louis marriott; The cretures by Cicely Waite-Smith."
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Summary:

In 2012 Jamaica celebrates the 50th anniversary of Independence. Mixed Company is a collection of three of the finest early Jamaican theatrical works, written for the most part before the dawn of Independence.

Written in 1954 (The Creatures by Cicely Waite-Smith), 1960 (Bedward by Louis Marriott) and 1970 (Maskarade by Sylvia Wynter), the plays are 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 who held on to traditional beliefs and customs in the face of colonial opprobrium as the populace struggled to gain its political, social and cultural independence.

Yvonne Brewster talks to Woman's Hour about Jamaican indpendence

Item Description:"Maskarade by Sylvia Wynter; Bedward by louis marriott; The cretures by Cicely Waite-Smith."
Physical Description:256 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9781849432160
1849432163

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