"A Vision of This Island"

Alternative title: Shakespeare and the Caribbean
Synopsis: Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Shakespeare and his plays are woven deeply into the culture of the Caribbean, both white and black. Even after centuries of British colonial rule came to an end, Shakespeare endured. There is a long tradition in the British Caribbean of using Shakespeare quotations in competitions to demonstrate rhetorical skill, whether in the school yard or at rural village gatherings. After slavery was abolished in the British colonies, schools were established to steep the empire’s newest subjects in British literature, including Shakespeare.
But anti-colonialists have also claimed Shakespeare for their own, particularly The Tempest and the character of Caliban.

In the podcast Dr. Giselle Rampaul, a lecturer in Literatures in English at the University of the West Indies in St. Augustine, Trinidad, and Dr. Barrymore A. Bogues, Director of the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice at Brown University. They are interviewed by Neva Grant.
Series: Shakespeare Unlimited
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Audio
Recording date: 4 Nov 2015
Duration: 28 mins