{"title":"Derek Walcott","description":"Since 1961, Derek Walcott has been director of the Trinidad Theatre Workshop, as well as its chief playwright. The appearance of his first collection of plays, which has had several printings since 1970, was a literary event. Dream on Monkey Mountain won the Obie Award for a Distinguished Foreign Play, when produced in New York in 1971, and was deemed \"a masterpiece\" by Edith Oliver in The New Yorker.","products":[{"product_id":"dream-on-monkey-mountain-and-other-plays-paperback","title":"Dream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a Caribbean island, the morning after a full moon, Felix Hobain tears through the market in a drunken rage. Taken away to sober up in jail, all that night he is gripped by hallucinations: the impoverished hermit believes he has become a healer, walking from village to village, tending to the sick, waiting for a sign from God. In this dream, his one companion, Moustique, wants to exploit his power. Moustique decides to impersonate a prophet himself, ignoring a coffin-maker who warns him he will die and enraging the people of the island. Hobain, half-awake in his desolate jail cell, terrorized by the specter of his friend's corruption, clings to his visionary quest. He will try to transform himself; to heal Moustique, his jailer, and his jail-mates; and to be a leader for his people. \u003ci\u003eDream on Monkey Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the 1971 Obie Award for a Distinguished Foreign Play when it was first presented in New York, and Edith Oliver, writing in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, called it \"a masterpiece.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree of Derek's Walcott's most popular short plays are also included in this volume: \u003ci\u003eTi-Jean and His Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Malcochon, or The Six in the Rain\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Sea at Dauphin\u003c\/i\u003e. In an expansive introductory essay, \"What the Twilight Says,\" the playwright explains his founding of the seminal dramatic company where these works were first performed, the Trinidad Theatre Workshop. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in 1970, \u003ci\u003eDream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential part of Walcott's vast and important body of work.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51323856584927,"sku":"9780374508609","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/HgJNUlT82M9780374508609.webp?v=1788422381"},{"product_id":"the-odyssey-a-stage-version-paperback","title":"The Odyssey: A Stage Version - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith its inspired counterpointing of Homeric and Caribbean themes, Derek Walcott's play \u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, commissioned by Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company, springs from the same imaginative sources as his epic poem \u003ci\u003eOmeros\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e features Walcott's] voluptuous metaphor making and severe truth telling.\"--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEpisodes 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey \u003c\/i\u003econfirms that Derek Walcott is as compelling a playwright as he is a poet.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51323857240287,"sku":"9780374523879","price":16.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/pDsPSO7Qji9780374523879.webp?v=1788422385"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/derek-walcott.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}