A Tempest
Playwrights Canada Press · Print & ebook · May 1, 2002
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- Genres
- Caribbean & Latin American Plays, African American Plays, Shakespeare
- Published
- Playwrights Canada Press, May 1, 2002
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A troupe of black actors perform their own Tempest. Cesaire’s rich and insightful adaptation draws on contemporary Caribbean society, the African-American experience and African mythology to raise questions about colonialism, racism and their lasting effects.
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- Performance-ready language
- Sustained, page-to-stage momentum
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- A Plays pick framing
- A compact, sustained narrative read
Where it sits
| Shakespeare | 56% |
|---|---|
| Caribbean & Latin American Plays | 53% |
| African American Plays | 46% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Caribbean & Latin American Plays
- Authors
- Aimé Césaire, Richard Miller
- Publisher
- Playwrights Canada Press
- Published
- May 1, 2002
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Caribbean & Latin American Plays