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- Night and Day (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, Revised Third Edition)
- Night and Day (Magill's Literary Annual 1980)
- Night and Day (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- First Published: 1978
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The 1970’s
- Setting: Kambawe, a fictitious former British colony in Africa
- Characters: George Guthrie, Dick Wagner, Jacob Milne, Geoffrey Carson, Ruth Carson, Mageeba
- Genres: Drama, Psychological drama
- Subjects: Values, Africa or Africans, Journalism or journalists, Sex or sexuality, Revolutions, Adultery, Duty, Idealism, 1970's
- Locales: Africa, Kambabwe, Africa
The Play
Night and Day begins with a dream sequence in which the photographer Guthrie is gunned down by machine-gun fire. The scene quickly changes to the reality of a comfortable colonial veranda where the audience meets the hostess, Ruth Carson, the attractive wife of mine-owner Geoffrey Carson. Guthrie has arrived, uninvited, to await his colleague, Dick Wagner. Both are journalists in the midst of a revolution in the fictitious Kambawe. President Mageeba is beset by the insurgent Colonel Shimbu, and the wealthy Carson will act as middleman in their peace...
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