MOON ON A RAINBOW SHAWL - ERROL JOHN

Libro

Editorial	FABER & FABER
Edad	Adultos
Idioma	Inglés Internacional
Autor	JOHN ERROL
ISBN	9780571290109
Peso ( kg )	0,126
Tipo	Soporte Físico
Año de edición	2012
Formato	TAPA RUSTICA
Sinopsis	MOON ON A RAINBOW SHAWL 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.'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 Errol John born Dec. 20, 1924, Port of Spain, Trinidad-died July 10, 1988, London, Eng. was a Trinidadian-born actor and playwright who wrote Moon on a Rainbow Shawl 1958 , for which he won The Observer's prize for best new playwright in 1957 and a Guggenheim fellowship in 1958. John, a founding member of the Whitehall Players in Port of Spain, pursued his acting career from 1950 in London, where he found himself relegated to playing minor black characters, with the notable exception of his performance in the title role in Othello at the Old Vic Theatre 1962 . His play Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, about a man's struggle to escape an impoverished Port of Spain slum, was produced first in London in 1958 and then revised for a production in New York City in 1962. It was later performed in such diverse countries as Iceland, Hungary, and Argentina, and it became required reading in many West Indian schools. His other plays included The Tout 1966 and Force Majeure, The Dispossessed, Hasta Luego: Three Screenplays 1967 . For television he wrote The Emperor Jones 1953 , Teleclub 1954 , and Dawn 1963 . He appeared on London stages in Salome 1954 , The Merchant of Venice 1962 , and Measure for Measure 1963 , as well as in such films as The African Queen 1951 , The Nun's Story 1959 , and Guns at Batasi 1964 . Edad: adultos
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Fecha Ingreso	30-06-2025