Christopher Columbus - A Musical Play for Children
Joan Macalpine
Columbus And The Discovery Of Japan
by Richard Nelson
Synopsis
On the deck of his flagship, the expedition commander addresses his men, his voice rising in stirring peroration: 'Let us all be new men!
Born today!
This minute!
And with only one purpose in mind!
To push forward to triumph!
To push forward - to Japan!'That Columbus had a clearer sense of destiny than destination is, even without the facile irony of hindsight, emblematic of the confusion of motives and expectations which inspired him and his companions to undertake their epoch-making voyage, and which Richard Nelson explores in this intimate drama of epic events.
Publication
PublisherFaber & Faber
Year1992
BindingPaperback
Pages120
PlaceLondon
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780571168576
ISBN-100571168574
LCCN93146244
LCCPS3564.E4747 C65 1992
DCC812/.54
Columbus And The Discovery Of Japan is a American play written by Richard Nelson and published by Faber & Faber in London (1992).
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