The Odyssey: A Stage Version

By Derek Walcott and Homer

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With its inspired counterpointing of Homeric and Caribbean themes, Derek Walcott's play The Odyssey, commissioned by Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company, springs from the same imaginative sources as his epic poem Omeros.

" The Odyssey features Walcott's] voluptuous metaphor making and severe truth telling."--Time

Episodes of the story of Odysseus' protracted wanderings from fallen Troy to his island home of Ithaca are pungently interspersed with a commentary by the blind singer Billy Blue. Proteus, the Old Man of the Sea, the giant Cyclops, Circe and her revelers, ghosts, and mermaids are among the cast. With its vast sweep and richly figurative language, The Odyssey confirms that Derek Walcott is as compelling a playwright as he is a poet.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0374523878

ISBN13:9780374523879

Release Date:July 1993

Publisher:Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl

Length:176 Pages

Weight:0.52 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"

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Classics Drama Education & Reference Literature & Fiction

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