The Great Wave

"This student edition is ideal for any teacher coming to Francis Turnly's 2018 play for the first time or those who already have some familiarity with it. The commentary unpacks the play and its context, including the author's identity as a 'Japanese Ulsterman,' owing to his Northern Irish-Japanese heritage; its place within a trilogy; Japanese history and culture in the play; themes of occupation, colonization, grief, loss and hope; language, structure, form and genre; and production history"