{"product_id":"mixed-company-three-early-jamaican-plays","title":"Mixed Company: Three Early Jamaican Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2012 Jamaica celebrates the 50th anniversary of Independence. Mixed Company is a collection of three of the finest early Jamaican theatrical works, written for the most part before the dawn of Independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in 1954 (The Creatures by Cicely Waite-Smith), 1960 (Bedward by Louis Marriott) and 1970 (Maskarade by Sylvia Wynter), the plays are examples of works conceived with a Jamaican audience in mind, a Jamaican audience conscious of the melting pot in which it lived. Each offers a unique perspective on the spirit of a people who held on to traditional beliefs and customs in the face of colonial opprobrium as the populace struggled to gain its political, social and cultural independence. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135246155828,"sku":"9781849432160","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/8638\/5972\/files\/imageloader_c83772a9-3a30-4dd8-afbf-76128a0216e7.jpg?v=1759071414","url":"https:\/\/worldcaribbeanbooks.com\/products\/mixed-company-three-early-jamaican-plays","provider":"World Caribbean Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}