WALCOTT, Derek.

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The Sea at Dauphin. First edition, second printing, of Walcott's early play following the story of the St Lucian fisherman Afa, who defies the elements by going to sea on a windy day. First printed and staged in Mona, Jamaica, in 1954, The Sea at Dauphin was "Walcott's most fully realized St Lucian play thus far in his career. It employs local registers throughout, blending Francophone patois elements with anglophone Creole, and this immersion in everyday St Lucian speech is complimented by a similar commitment to the local world in the use of a beach setting, which allows the sea to function as a major protagonist in the action" (Thieme, p. 52).

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