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Play Mas (Paperback)
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Play Mas (Paperback)
Series: Modern Classics
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Loot Price R272
Discovery Miles 2 720
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"Matura's play not only offers a potted guide to Trinidadian
ethnicity, economics and politics, but also a potent metaphor for
the post-colonial process. It is also very funny ... the real power
of Matura's play lies in its reminder, under all that surface
exuberance, that the movement towards independence carried its own
element of fancy-dress masquerade." The Guardian 1950s Port of
Spain. Samuel, a young tailor's assistant, dreams of Trinidad's
independence. On the eve of carnival everyone fills the streets,
dressed up to play mas. This annual celebration turns to tragedy
and spurs Samuel on to make a decision that will change the
political landscape of the future of this vibrant, volatile island.
Play Mas premiered at the Royal Court in 1974, winning the Evening
Standard Award for Best Play, and transferred to the West End.
Described as a wickedly funny, exuberant and poignant play, it is
published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series for the first
time, with a brand new introduction by Paulette Randall.
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