The Odyssey: A Stage Version

The Odyssey: A Stage Version - Paperback

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The Odyssey: A Stage Version - Paperback

The Odyssey: A Stage Version - Paperback

by Derek Walcott , Homer
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Book Overview

With its inspired counterpointing of Homeric and Caribbean themes, Derek Walcott's play The Odyssey, commissioned by Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company, springs from the same imaginative sources as his epic poem Omeros.

"[The Odyssey features Walcott's] voluptuous metaphor making and severe truth telling."--Time

Episodes 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, The Odyssey confirms that Derek Walcott is as compelling a playwright as he is a poet.
ISBN9780374523879
Author Derek Walcott , Homer
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
GenreDrama
FormatPaperback
PublishedJuly 1993
LanguageENG- English
Pages176
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Homer (c.900 BCE-c.701 BCE) was an ancient Greek author and poet who was reputed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of Greek literature.

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