Kirjahaku

This book includes an audio CD reading of "Bella's Gate Boy" by the author.Published here for the first time, "Bella's Gate Boy" is a hilarious, autobiographical account of the playwright's drama-filled path from being a 'country boy', the youngest of twenty-three children in the rural environment of Bella's Gate, to becoming the pre-eminent Jamaican dramatist of his generation. It tells a story of struggle with race prejudice and the quest for identity. In this warm, intimate and compelling one-man drama, Rhone takes the audience through his personal struggles and experiences from Jamaica, to England and North America that have inspired his award-winning socially charged writing.

There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century. The Caribbean Contemporary Classics collection celebrates these deep and vibrant stories, overflowing with life and acute observations about society.Old Story Time is a Caribbean classic, providing brilliantly entertaining theatre about race, identity, malice, and the redeeming power of love. In this enthralling drama, we progress with Len from poor scholarship boy to successful accountant. We see a similar but opposite shift in George, from wealthy, well-connected schoolboy to double-dealing crook. Len's mother Miss Aggy, the girls he first loves, and the woman he eventually marries, many destinies are entwined with Len's. Misunderstandings can be dangerous, and trust and love need some help to win through. With the help of Pa Ben, our far-seeing narrator, can things end well?Trevor Rhone was a leading dramatist in Jamaica. His sparkling and original talent has won acclaim from critics and audiences worldwide.Suitable for readers aged 14 and above.

This collection of plays by the most popular playwright in the West Indies features the never previously published BBC-commissioned radio play "The Power", along with two frequently-staged favourites from the Rhone canon - "Two Can Play" and "School's Out". In the two-hander "Two Can Play", Jim and Gloria try their wildest schemes to escape Kingston gun crime and establish residence in the United States. "School's Out" examines the dysfunctional staff of a Jamaican school likely to turn any child into a juvenile delinquent. "The Power" tackles bullying, and how a young boy solves his problems by developing his self-confidence through a 'magic' trick.