Pantomime (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Derek Walcott
- First Published: 1980
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: The 1970’s
- Setting: Tobago, the West Indies
- Principal Characters: Harry Trewe, Jackson Phillip
- Genres: Drama, Postcolonial literature, Comedy
- Subjects: Values, 1970’s, Acting or actors, Caribbean, Racism, Colonialism, Art or artists, Guilt, England or English people, West Indies, Creative process
- Locales: West Indies, Tobago, West Indies
The Play
As the curtain rises on the sparse set of Pantomime, the audience watches Harry Trewe, dressed in white, start a tape recorder and begin a light song and dance routine based loosely on the story of Robinson Crusoe. Unhappy with his initial effort, Harry stops the machine, then starts it and tries a few more lines of the song before stopping the recorder once more. Finally, he exits with it, leaving an empty stage for a few moments before Jackson Phillip, dressed in an open, white waiter’s jacket and black pants but barefoot, enters to serve Harry his...
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