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Jamaican Theatre - Highlights of the Performing Arts in the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
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Jamaican Theatre - Highlights of the Performing Arts in the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
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The late Wycliffe Bennett (1922-2009), widely regarded as the
godfather of the Jamaican theatre in the second half of the
twentieth century, brings all his experience and insight to this
last, formidable production. Wycliffe Bennett saw almost every
theatrical production of note in this period, directed some
productions himself, and, in addition, worked as a manager and
trainer in speech, radio and television. His wife, Hazel, co-author
of this liberally illustrated work, adds her skills as
documentalist and witness. Together, the Bennetts have produced the
first book of its kind, a panorama of performance, from the
imported touring companies and fledgling local elitist groups of
the 1920s and 1930s, to the birth of the Little Theatre Movement
during the war years; from the small, ambitious groups of the 1950s
and 1960s to the thriving commercial "roots theatre" of the new
century. The book also chronicles the development of drama on radio
and television, and Jamaica's small but important film industry. In
extensively documenting and analysing dance, it considers modern
foundation groups like Ivy Baxter and the National Dance Theatre
Company, as well as their precursors and myriad offspring. A
pioneer of the Jamaica Festival movement, Wycliffe Bennett
describes it from the inside, culminating with eyewitness accounts
of the spectacular Caribbean Festival of the Arts, Carifesta '76,
over which he presided. As well, the authors treat music in all its
variety, from classical through the Frats Quintet to reggae. There
are also sections by experts in their fields: Yvonne Jones Brewster
writes on Theatre 77 and Barn Theatre; Dr Maria Smith examines
Revival; Barbara Requa discusses dance techniques; and Mary
Brathwaite Morgan considers the golden age of drama at the
University of the West Indies. To complete this panoptic view of
the performing arts, there is an A to Z of the scores of
outstanding personages in the different fields.
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