Guyanese newspaper, Stabroek News, has a feature today on the popularity of Jamaican plays in Guyana. It begins … “In recent years Jamaican plays have been extraordinarily popular in Guyana and whenever any of the companies from that country are booked on tours to Georgetown they are in high demand. There are reasons for this which reflect long established trends in the theatre in the Caribbean as well as those more recently developing; the dynamic characteristics of the contemporary theatre in Jamaica; the dominant place of the popular theatre; some significant trends in Caribbean theatre traditions; and the nature of the demand for popular entertainment in Guyana,” … full article here.
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