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Moon on a Rainbow Shawl

By Errol John

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Moon on a Rainbow Shawl

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Moon on a Rainbow Shawl by Errol John depicts the vibrant, cosmopolitan of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad - a world that is as harsh as it is filled with colour and warmth. Esther - if yer have yer head screw on right - No matter where yer go - One night - some time - Yer reach up - yer touch that moon. For the teeming populace of Old Mack''s cacophonous yard in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, it''s a cheek by jowl existence lived out on a sweltering public stage. Snatches of calypso compete with hymn tunes, drums and street cries as neighbours drink, brawl, pass judgment, make love, look out for each other and crave a better life. But Ephraim is no dreamer and nothing, not even the seductive Rosa, is going to stop him escaping his dead-end job for a fresh start in England. Set as returning troops from the Second World War fill the town with their raucous celebrations, Erroll John''s Moon on a Rainbow Shawl depicts a vibrant, cosmopolitan world that is as harsh as it is filled with colour and warmth. First published by Faber in 1958, Moon on a Rainbow Shawl was revived at the National Theatre, London, in March 2012. ''A brawling, laughing, bitter sense of life courses through Moon on a Rainbow Shawl. Errol John fills the stage with people of flesh and blood; he communicates the harshness and tension in this steaming, crowded corner of Port-of-Spain. He writes with such warmth and understanding that the problems and characters of a mean backyard in Trinidad assume a validity for a multitude of teeming, troubled places on this planet.'' New York Times ''Errol John''s seminal Caribbean drama deserves to be recognised as a twentieth-century classic.'' Independent on Sunday
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
112
Release Date:
2012-02-16
Publication Date:
2012-02-16
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0571290108
ISBN13:
9780571290109
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
132 g
Height:
123 cm
Width:
196 cm
Thickness:
9 cm
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