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Johnson Over Jordan
John Boynton Priestley
Mister Johnson
by Joyce Cary, Norman Rosten
Synopsis
THE STORY: Johnson, a young native in the British civil service, is a clerk to Rudbeck, Assistant District Officer in Nigeria, and imagines himself to be a very important cog of the King's government.
He is amusingly tolerant of his fellow Africans
Press Reviews
"A colorful, funny and ultimately moving play which, with subtlety and warmth, delineates the conflicts which result when European civilization is imposed on an eager but unschooled African native. “One of the most astonishing, imaginative creations of modern theatre.” —New York World Telegram & Sun. “A lovely, touching and absorbing play…” —New York Daily News. “…curiously haunting…inescapably moving…"
— New York Post
Publication
Publisher Dramatists Play Service
Year 1998
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822207641
ISBN-10 0822207648
Mister Johnson is a American play written by Joyce Cary and published by Dramatists Play Service (1998).
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