Derek Walcott and West Indian drama : not only a playwright but a company, the Trinidad Theatre Workshop 1959-1993 / Bruce King.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University, 1995.Description: xiv, 410 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 0198182589 :
- 792/.0972983 KIN 20
- PN2440.T7 K56 1995
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West indian Collection | The Mico University College Reserve Book Collection | Reference | WI 792.0972983 KIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 057726 |
"I am not only a playwright but a company, Derek Walcott to Gordon Davidson, 13 May 1970."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [374]-394) and index.
Pt. I. Roots 1948-1965. 1. Forming a Vision. 2. The Little Carib Theatre Workshop -- Pt. II. The Great Years (West Indian Style) 1966-1976. 3. The Basement Theatre. The First Season. 4. Dream on Monkey Mountain in Canada. The First Tours. 5. Dream on Monkey Mountain. Henri Christophe. Homeless Again. The Five-Island Tour. 6. Dream in Connecticut and for NBC. 7. A New Ti-Jean. Black Power. Aquarius IV. 8. Ti-Jean and Dream in Jamaica. In A Fine Castle. 9. Ti-Jean in Central Park. Astor Johnson. Theatre Fifteen. Pieces One. 10. The Second Season. Franklin. The Charlatan. 11. An American Charlatan. A New Dream. A West Indian. The Joker of Seville. 12. The Joker Revised and on Tour. 13. O Babylon! Carifesta. TTW Dance Company. Walcott's Resignation -- Pt. III. Separation and Reconciliation 1977-1993. 14. The Trinidad Theatre Workshop and Dance Company. 15. Pantomime. Remembrance. Marie Laveau. 16. The Last Carnival. A Branch of the Blue Nile. 17. Haytian Earth. Another New Dream. Another Branch.
Another Franklin. 18. The Trinidad Theatre Workshop. 'Let Resurrection Come!'.
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.
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