Moon on a Rainbow Shawl

Moon on a Rainbow Shawl
Author: Errol John
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 107
Release: 2012-03-13
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0571294103

Moon on a Rainbow Shawl by Errol John depicts the vibrant, cosmopolitan of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad - a world that is as harsh as it is filled with colour and warmth. Esther - if yer have yer head screw on right - No matter where yer go - One night - some time - Yer reach up - yer touch that moon. For the teeming populace of Old Mack's cacophonous yard in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, it's a cheek by jowl existence lived out on a sweltering public stage. Snatches of calypso compete with hymn tunes, drums and street cries as neighbours drink, brawl, pass judgment, make love, look out for each other and crave a better life. But Ephraim is no dreamer and nothing, not even the seductive Rosa, is going to stop him escaping his dead-end job for a fresh start in England. Set as returning troops from the Second World War fill the town with their raucous celebrations, Erroll John's Moon on a Rainbow Shawl depicts a vibrant, cosmopolitan world that is as harsh as it is filled with colour and warmth. First published by Faber in 1958, Moon on a Rainbow Shawl was revived at the National Theatre, London, in March 2012. 'A brawling, laughing, bitter sense of life courses through Moon on a Rainbow Shawl. Errol John fills the stage with people of flesh and blood; he communicates the harshness and tension in this steaming, crowded corner of Port-of-Spain. He writes with such warmth and understanding that the problems and characters of a mean backyard in Trinidad assume a validity for a multitude of teeming, troubled places on this planet.' New York Times 'Errol John's seminal Caribbean drama deserves to be recognised as a twentieth-century classic.' Independent on Sunday

Errol John's Moon on a Rainbow Shawl

Errol John's Moon on a Rainbow Shawl
Author: Lynette Goddard
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2017-10-05
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1317192184

Errol John wrote Moon on a Rainbow Shawl (1958) after becoming disillusioned about the lack of good roles for black actors on the British theatre scene. While this situation has only slightly improved since, his response has become the most revived black play in Britain, from its original production at the Royal Court in 1958, to the National Theatre in 2012. It depicts the lives of a black community living in poverty in a shared tenement yard in Port of Spain, Trinidad, in the mid-1940s, showing how each of the characters carries dreams of escaping to create better lives for themselves and their families. Lynette Goddard focuses on how the play articulates the narratives of migration that prompted many Caribbean people to uproot from their homes on the islands and move to the England in the post-war era. For some of them, these dreams of a new life became a reality, but they were experienced differently across genders and generations.

The Rainbow

The Rainbow
Author: Felicia Law
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781404825987

Sitting on a log in their magical rain forest home, Bamboo and Velvet watch the changes in the sky as it rains, and learn all about rainbows from their friend Beak.

Rainbow's Hidden Treasures

Rainbow's Hidden Treasures
Author: Kyle Walker
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2011-05
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1617772216

Just like the rainbow has no end, God's promise has no end Just like the rainbow will last forever I want us to last Forever in a bond of unbreakable love sent from the Father in Heaven There is more to the rainbow than the pot of gold at the end. What if we have been looking at the wrong place and the treasure that we seek is not at the end of the rainbow, but within the rainbow itself? Join Kyle Walker on a journey to find this true treasure as he explores themes of faith and love in inspirational verse.

The Riddle of the Rainbow

The Riddle of the Rainbow
Author: John Naylor
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2023-03-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3031239083

Rainbows have been a source of fascination since time immemorial. They have been the subject of myth and superstition, an inspiration to poets, a challenge to painters, the object of intense scientific interest and a touchstone for ideas about the nature of light and colour. Above all, the rainbow has been the embodiment of wonder from the earliest times to the present day. Beginning with the circumstances in which you are likely to see a rainbow and descriptions of its salient features, this book recounts and explains the myths and superstitions about rainbows, and describes how poets, painters and, above all, leading scientists in every age have sought to discover and understand the rainbow’s secrets. Readers with a love of nature and art and an interest in the history of science will enjoy this attractive and informative book.

Rainbow's Shadow and the Tablets of Fate

Rainbow's Shadow and the Tablets of Fate
Author: John Cicero
Publisher: Author House
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2006-03-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1467802956

Rainbows Shadow and the tablets of fate is an adventure/fantasy tale about two novels, Rainbow Alley and The Sorcerers Shadow which have been mysteriously melded together creating an alternative dimension that has begun to write itself. The first novel, Rainbow Alley, is a mythical and magical novel of pure paradise as told and written by Joseph Collins to his grandson, Will Collins. The second novel, The Sorcerers Shadow is an adventure filled novel full of evil, sorcery and mayhem spewed throughout its pages and is the favorite story of Wills brother, Bryan Collins. As these two novels unify, they become more then mere pages, as a blend of good and evil begin to emerge into reality. Rainbow Alley is a surreal paradise Grandpa Joe has claimed to actually visited when he was younger. It can only be accessed through a golden portal by bringing four critical elements together. One magical night, as the four elements are sought to come together to gain access to Rainbow Alley, the unthinkable happens. By accidentally placing The Sorcerers Shadow novel underneath theRainbow Alley novel during the joining of only three of the four critical elements, Bryan has unknowingly set off the melding of these two stories. This creates their access to a new story and a land unlike anything the boys could ever imagine. However, this access would prove to be near fatal for Grandpa Joe, as he is stricken by a mythical force that sends him into a mysterious coma. Will and his best friend and neighbor, Jimmy Foster, set off on a journey, through the golden portal and into the merged stories in an effort to save his stricken grandfather While in this new and sometimes foreboding and pleasurable land, Will is driven by a voice, claiming to show him the way to heal his grandfather. What the boys encounter is incomprehensible, as they experience a blend of paradise, infiltrated by evil, sorcery and mayhem first hand.

What Makes a Rainbow Appear?

What Makes a Rainbow Appear?
Author: John O'Mara
Publisher: Gareth Stevens
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2020-07-30
Genre: Rainbows
ISBN: 153825655X

Rainbows are those rare phenomena that make people stop and appreciate the beauty of nature. Why and how they appear are the high-interest topics of this accessible book. While readers will be captivated by beautiful color photographs of rainbows, they'll also be intrigued by the properties of light that make such a display possible. A concluding diagram reinforces comprehension of the key concepts, which relate closely to elementary science curricula.

Rainbow's End

Rainbow's End
Author: Katie Flynn
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2011-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1446455939

VIVIDLY EVOKING IRELAND AND LIVERPOOL, RAINBOW'S END IS A WARM AND ENGROSSING SAGA FROM A RISING STAR. Tracing the stories of two quite diffrent girls: Ellen Docherty, in Liverpool, bringing up her younger sister and brother single-handedly, and Maggie McVeigh, in the Dublin tenements, finding a better life working for the Nolan family, and falling in love with Liam, the eldest son, RAINBOW'S END follows two girls on their struggle for happiness. But the First World War changes everything -and unearths a long-buried link between the families.