Mixed Company: Three Early Jamaican Plays

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.

Author: Yvonne Brewster
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 10/23/2012
Series: Oberon Modern Playwrights
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781849432160