A Tempest
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:2nd Jun '02
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A Tempest is Aimé Césaire’s anti-colonialist refashioning of Shakespeare.
A Tempest is Aime Cesaire's anti-colonialist retelling of Shakespeare's The Tempest.A Tempest is Aime Cesaire's anti-colonialist refashioning of Shakespeare. Alongside The Tragedy of King Cristophe and A Season in the Congo, it completes a 'triptych' of plays that examine the effects of colonialism. This translation premiered at The Gate Theatre, London.
'A witty and fiercely anti-colonialist revision of Shakespeare's island fling... the play, in Philip Crispin's admirable translation, lends Shakespeare's myth all kinds of extra resonances' Michael Billington, Guardian 'Not simply a new reading of Shakespeare but an original play of astonishing power... Philip Crispin's admirable translation of the play provides the whole production with a secure textual basis... a remarkable theatrical event' Malcolm Bowie, TLS
ISBN: 9781840021431
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 94g
64 pages