Edward Lanzer Joseph

Edward Lanzer Joseph or E. L. Joseph was a journalist, playwright and novelist (born in London, England in 1792 and died in Trinidad in 1838) who emigrated to Trinidad in 1817.[1] Joseph was of Anglo-Jewish descent.[2]

He was the author of the novel Warner Arundell: The Adventures of a Creole, which was published in 1838.[3] He also published another book, History of Trinidad, in 1838.[4]

Joseph wrote, produced and translated plays while living in Trinidad that were performed in Port of Spain by a local amateur troupe known as the Brunswick Amateurs.[5] In response to the annually recurring imposition of martial law from 1815 onwards by the Governor of Trinidad, Sir Ralph Woodford, Joseph wrote a musical farce in 1832 titled "Martial law in Trinidad; a musical farce in two acts.".[6] It satirized the annual muster of militia troops each Christmas to squash the possibility of a local slave rebellion. The play was notable for its realistic portrayal of the local dialects, such as Trinidadian Creole, and of the African and Creole ethnic groups on the island.[5]

References
  1. Rosenberg, Leah (2007). Nationalism and the Formation of Caribbean Literature. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 15.
  2. Bassett, Troy J. "Author: Edward Lanzer Joseph". At the Circulating Library: A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  3. Joseph, Edward Lanzer (1838). Warner Arundell: the Adventures of a Creole. London: Saunders & Otley.
  4. Joseph, Edward Lanzer (1970). History of Trinidad. Routledge. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-7146-1939-2.
  5. The Cambridge guide to African and Caribbean theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1994. p. 225. ISBN 9780521411394.
  6. Jones, Randolph T. (2004). "THE TRINIDAD MILITIA, 1801-38". Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. 82 (330). Retrieved 23 February 2022.


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