Country Duppy & Jonkanoo Jamboree

About the Book

“Country Duppy and Jonkanoo Jamboree are two very amusing plays that revel in traditional Jamaican cultural forms and creatively explore their meeting with the modern world. Highly recommended for Caribbean students of English Literature and Theatre Arts” COUNTRY DUPPY “This is family entertainment.…informative, rib-tickling comedy” (Daily Gleaner) “Country Duppy is an outrageously hilarious slice of Jamaican life.” (Jamaica Observer) “…heavily informed by Jamaican folklore and traditional practices.” (Share News, Toronto) JONKANOO JAMBOREE “An allegorical exploration of class and race using the Jonkanoo as a trope for life as a masquerade”. (SUSUMBA) “There was understanding of stage craft, use of space and natural dialogue.” (Daily Gleaner) “Musical drama, part cautionary folktale marked by a sense of old-fashioned Jamaican storytelling and youthful angst.” (Tallawah Magazine)

About the Author

Aston Cooke is a Jamaican Arts & Culture specialist and a leading playwright who also penned Oliver at Large, LTM Pantomime River Mumma and the Golden Table, Front Room, Concubine and Jamaica 2 Rahtid. The recipient of ten national Actor Boy Awards for outstanding achievement in Jamaican theatre, Cooke is Co-ordinator of the Secondary Schools’ Drama Festival of Jamaica and serves as Board Chairman of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission. Aston Cooke is a 1989 Canadian Commonwealth Scholar and a graduate of the University of the West Indies (B.A. Mass Communication and M.A. Communications Studies) and Ryerson University, Toronto (B.Comm. in Hospitality and Tourism Management).