Derek Walcott & West Indian Drama: Not Only a Playwright But a Company, the Trinidad Theatre Workshop 1959-1993

by Bruce Alvin King

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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 British colonies. The book shows how the Nobel Prize winner 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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0198182589

ISBN13:9780198182580

Release Date:May 1995

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:426 Pages

Weight:1.48 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 5.8" x 8.8"

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