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FURTHER READING

AUTHOR COMMENTARY

Hamner, Robert D. "Conversation with Derek Walcott." World Literature in English 16, No. 2 (November 1977): 409-20.

Interview in which Walcott discusses the influence of William Butler Yeats and John Millington Synge on his drama.

Walcott, Derek. "The Poet in the Theatre." Poetry Review 80, No. 4 (Winter 1990-91): 4-8.

Text of a lecture in which Walcott discusses the need for poets to compose drama in order to restore tragedy to contemporary theater.

OVERVIEWS AND GENERAL STUDIES

Breiner, Laurence A. "Walcott's Early Drama," in The Art of Derek Walcott, edited by Stewart Brown, pp. 69-81. Chester Springs, Penn.: Dufour Editions, 1991.

Chronicles Walcott's development as a playwright through Dream on Monkey Mountain.

Colson, Theodore. "Derek Walcott's Plays: Outrage and Compassion." World Literature in English 12, No. 1 (April 1973):...

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1. Introduction
2. Principal Works
3. Author Commentary
4. Overviews And General Studies
5. Dream On Monkey Mountain
6. Further Reading
7. Copyright

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