For the Reckord: A Collection of Three Plays by Barry Reckord (Flesh to a Tiger, Skyvers, The White Witch)

Includes the plays Flesh to a Tiger, Skyvers and The White Witch Barry Reckord’s place in the history of black playwriting in the United Kingdom unfortunately has been almost unrecognised previously. Reckord was among the first modern Caribbean playwrights to have work produced in England. As a Jamaican abroad in the '50s and '60s he laid a solid foundation for later emerging Caribbean playwrights such as Trinidadian Mustapha Matura, Guyanese Michael Abbensetts and Jamaican Alfred Fagon in the '70s, all of whom appreciated how well Reckord’s work had paved their way forward. No scripts of Reckord’s impressive body of work have been made available previously, many incomplete manuscripts exist but this is the first complete volume of Reckord plays. Here we present three, each from a different decade. These are ‘Flesh to a Tiger’, ‘Skyvers’ and ‘The White Witch’, each with an introduction by a prominent authority on the subject or author. Barry Reckford Was Among The First Modern Caribbean Playwrights To Have Work Produced In England, In A Period When Black Writing Was Being 'discovered' There, And Yet His Place In The History Of Bloack Playwriting In The United Kingdom Goes Almost Unrecognised. His First Play Della (1953) Under The Title Flesh To A Tiger Was Produced At The Royal Court In 1958. He Wrote Several More Plays For The Royal Court In The Late 1950s And Early 1960s. His Achievements In England Laid A Solid Foundation For Later Emerging Caribbean Playwrights Such As Trinadian Mustafa Matura, Guayanese Michael Abbensetts And Jamaican Alfred Fagon In The 1970s, All Of Whom Appreciated How Well Reckord's Work Had Paved Their Way Forward. For The Reckord Is An Opportunity For The Growing Number Of New Playwrights, Especially But Not Exclusively Black, To Read And Learn From Reckord's Work Or Simply Enjoy The Sophistication And Insight Of His Delivery, Characterisation, Politics And Plot--publisher's Description, P. [4] Of Cover. Flesh To A Tiger -- Skyvers -- White Witch. Edited By Yvonne Brewster ; With Contributions Fro Diana Athill ... [et Al.]. Front Cover; Half-title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; PROLOGUE; INTRODUCTION; FLESH TO A TIGER; SKYVERS; SKYVERS: AN APPRECIATION; WHITE WITCH; Introduction to WHITE WITCH; EPILOGUE; List of works; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements.;Barry Reckord's place in the history of black playwriting in the United Kingdom unfortunately has been almost unrecognised previously. Reckord was among the first modern Caribbean playwrights to have work produced in England. As a Jamaican abroad in the '50s and '60s he laid a solid foundation for later emerging Caribbean playwrights such as Trinidadian Mustapha Matura, Guyanese Michael Abbensetts and Jamaican Alfred Fagon in the '70s, all of whom appreciated how well Reckord's work had paved their way forward. No scripts of Reckord's impressive body of work have been made available.