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003			OCoLC
005			20240819155556.0
008			911008s1992 mau b 001 0 eng
010			_a 91033344
020			_a0870237799 _q(alk. paper)
020			_a9780870237799 _q(alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)24667301 _z(OCoLC)59933123 _z(OCoLC)1022734831 _z(OCoLC)1120818007
040			_beng _cNLJDA
043			_anwjm---
049			_aMAIN
082			_a972.92
100			_aHill, Errol.
245			_aThe Jamaican stage, 1655-1900 : _bprofile of a colonial theatre / _cErrol Hill.
260			_aAmherst : _bUniversity of Massachusetts Press, _c 1992.
300			_axiv, 346 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aGives selected sources and readings on page 30.
500			_aGives selected sources and readings on page 30.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 325-329) and index.
505			_g1. _tPrologue: Charting the Course -- _g2. _tTheatres of the Slave Era -- _g3. _tPost-Emancipation Theatres -- _g4. _tPlays and Players -- _g5. _tTravail and Triumph -- _g6. _tJamaican Professional Actors -- _g7. _tThe First Playwrights -- _g8. _tReaders, Reciters, Storytellers -- _g9. _tSlave Performances -- _g10. _tPerformance Modes after Slavery -- _g11. _tEpilogue: Caribbean Perspective -- _tAppendix A. Record of Productions in 1783 -- _tAppendix B. Catalog of Original Jamaican Plays.
520			_a"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.
530			_aAlso issued online.
590			_aNLJCols20082021
590			_aNLJCols20082021
648			_aGeschichte 1655-1900 _2swd
648			_aGeschichte 1655-1900
650			_aTheater _zJamaica _xHistory.
650			_aTh e atre _zJama ique _xHistoire.
650			_aManners and customs. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01007815
650			_aTheater. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01149217
650			_aToneel. _2gtt
650			_aKoloniale periode. _2gtt
650			_aTheater _2gnd
650			_aTh e atre - Jama ique - Histoire.
650			_a24.06 history of theatre. _2bcl
651			_aJamaica _xSocial life and customs.
651			_aJama ique _xMoeurs et coutumes.
651			_aJamaica. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01211575
651			_aJamaika _2gnd
651			_aJama ique - Moeurs et coutumes.
653			_aJamaica _aSocial _alife _aand _acustoms
653			_aTheater _aJamaica _aHistory
655			_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
655			_aHistory.
776			_iOnline version: _aHill, Errol. _tJamaican stage, 1655-1900. _dAmherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 1992 _w(OCoLC)645816280
852			_aDDRR
856			_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780870237799.pdf
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999			_c285487 _d285486