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• catalog abstract ""A distinguished scholar here offers a thorough lively account of the Jamaican stage, arguably the most prominent theatre of its kind in the British colonies through 1900. Errol Hill discusses the struggle to maintain viable playhouses, the fortunes of visiting professional troupes, and the emergence of an indigenous theatre. He documents the plays written and produced through the end of the nineteenth century, presenting them against the background of a society emerging in the 1830s from a slave-holding system. He also explores the rituals, festivals, and other forms of entertainment enjoyed by the broad underclass of Jamaicans, most of whom were slaves or slave descendants, and who today number over 90 percent of the island's population." "By examining the record of theatrical production on the one hand, and the variety of indigenous performance on the other, Hill shows how a synthesis of native and foreign elements has occurred. He calls particular attention to the use of the Creole language, new performance patterns, and the integration of music, dance, mime, and masking. In the Epilogue, he extends his discussion to the anglophone Caribbean which has become politically independent of Britain."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b3561247.
• catalog coverage "Jamaica Social life and customs.".
• catalog created "c1992.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "c1992.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
• catalog description ""A distinguished scholar here offers a thorough lively account of the Jamaican stage, arguably the most prominent theatre of its kind in the British colonies through 1900. Errol Hill discusses the struggle to maintain viable playhouses, the fortunes of visiting professional troupes, and the emergence of an indigenous theatre. He documents the plays written and produced through the end of the nineteenth century, presenting them against the background of a society emerging in the 1830s from a slave-holding system. He also explores the rituals, festivals, and other forms of entertainment enjoyed by the broad underclass of Jamaicans, most of whom were slaves or slave descendants, and who today number over 90 percent of the island's population." "By examining the record of theatrical production on the one hand, and the variety of indigenous performance on the other, Hill shows how a synthesis of native and foreign elements has occurred. He calls particular attention to the use of the Creole language, new performance patterns, and the integration of music, dance, mime, and masking. In the Epilogue, he extends his discussion to the anglophone Caribbean which has become politically independent of Britain."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "1. Prologue: Charting the Course -- 2. Theatres of the Slave Era -- 3. Post-Emancipation Theatres -- 4. Plays and Players -- 5. Travail and Triumph -- 6. Jamaican Professional Actors -- 7. The First Playwrights -- 8. Readers, Reciters, Storytellers -- 9. Slave Performances -- 10. Performance Modes after Slavery -- 11. Epilogue: Caribbean Perspective -- Appendix A. Record of Productions in 1783 -- Appendix B. Catalog of Original Jamaican Plays.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-329) and index.".
• catalog extent "xiv, 346 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Jamaican stage, 1655-1900.".
• catalog identifier "0870237799 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Jamaican stage, 1655-1900.".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "c1992.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press,".
• catalog relation "Jamaican stage, 1655-1900.".
• catalog spatial "Jamaica Social life and customs.".
• catalog spatial "Jamaica".
• catalog subject "792/.097292 20".
• catalog subject "PN2421 .H55 1992".
• catalog subject "Theater Jamaica History.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Prologue: Charting the Course -- 2. Theatres of the Slave Era -- 3. Post-Emancipation Theatres -- 4. Plays and Players -- 5. Travail and Triumph -- 6. Jamaican Professional Actors -- 7. The First Playwrights -- 8. Readers, Reciters, Storytellers -- 9. Slave Performances -- 10. Performance Modes after Slavery -- 11. Epilogue: Caribbean Perspective -- Appendix A. Record of Productions in 1783 -- Appendix B. Catalog of Original Jamaican Plays.".
• catalog title "The Jamaican stage, 1655-1900 : profile of a colonial theatre / Errol Hill.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".