Derek Walcott and West Indian Drama : "Not Only a Playwright But a Company". The Trinidad Theatre Workshop 1959-1993

Written at Derek Walcott's suggestion, and based on interviews with the playwright, this is the first detailed study of a post-colonial theatre company and the problems of creating `serious' theatre in the former colonies. Tracing Walcott's life and career in West Indian theatre and the history of the Trinidad Theatre Workshop, Bruce King's book shows how the Nobel prize-winner strove to create a world class theatre ensemble in the West Indies.