PHILIP CRISPIN
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Plays by Philip Crispin
Tempest, A |
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||
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| 1st Published: | Oberon Books, London | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Translation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: translation of the play by by Aime Cesaire | ||||
Synopsis: A witty and fiercely anti-colonialist revision of Shakespeare's island fling, Cesaire turns it into a brilliant assertion of black identity. Prospero is an exiled tyrant, while Caliban becomes a mutinous figure who has clear affinities with Malcolm X. Cesaire, major poet, Martinique politician, and coiner of the term "negritude" has presented not simply a new reading of The Tempest but an original play of astonishing power. | ||||
