A Tempest

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Bloomsbury Academic, 2000 - Drama - 64 pages

A Tempest is Aimé Césaire'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.

Aimé Césaire has combined a political career as Martinican statesman with poetic calling in which he has been hailed as the leading Francophone poet of the twentieth century. Anti-colonialist visionary and prophet of negritude, his influence has been considerable in shaping ongoing post-colonial debate. Philip Crispin taught in Kingston, Jamaica, and spent four years in Paris studying, teaching and pursuing theatrical projects. He was literary manager of the Gate Theatre, before devoting himself to theatrical research.

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A Tempest: Based on Shakespeare's The Tempest : Adaptation for a Black Theatre
Aimé Césaire
Snippet view - 1986
A Tempest: Based on Shakespeare's The Tempest : Adaptation for a Black Theatre
Aimé Césaire
Snippet view - 1992
A Tempest: Based on Shakespeare's The Tempest, Adaptation for a Black Theatre
Aimé Césaire,Richard Miller
No preview available - 2002

Common terms and phrases

Aimé Césaire ALONSO anti-colonialist ANTONIO ARIEL beasts bird bless BOATSWAIN Bold the lads brave monster brother brute calao CALIBAN captain Caribbean cave CERES Césaire A TEMPEST Césaire's civilisation colonial dance daughter dear devil dream drink Duke Enter exit farewell father FERDINAND fortune freedom Gate Theatre goddesses going grackle guano head hedgehog Hell and damnation Hello hoe in hand Hoist Honest Gonzalo honour hornbill hummingbird island isle JUNO King Liberty ohay liberty lightning Listen live look Lord Majesty Master Miconia MIRANDA Naiads Naples negritude never Nindian Oo-en-day opossum penis he smites Philip Crispin play poor Eshu Priapus PROSPERO roaring storms savage Scene scoundrel SEBASTIAN Shakespeare Shango oh Singing slave sleep sorcerer spirit STEPHANO strange strike Swahili sweet Sycorax tell tempête there's translation trees TRINCULO tyrant Uhuru understand VOICE What's wind word Yoruba

About the author (2000)

Aimé Césaire has combined a political career as Martinican statesman with poetic calling in which he has been hailed as the leading Francophone poet of the twentieth century. Anti-colonialist visionary and prophet of negritude, his influence has been considerable in shaping ongoing post-colonial debate.

Bibliographic information

TitleA Tempest
Absolute Classics Series
Modern plays
Oberon Modern Plays
AuthorAime Cesaire
PublisherBloomsbury Academic, 2000
ISBN1840021438, 9781840021431
Length64 pages
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