Issues In African Theatre
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Author |
: Michael Etherton |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages |
: 371 |
Release |
: 2023-08-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781000952520 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1000952525 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Development of African Drama by : Michael Etherton
Originally published in 1982, this book explores concepts such as ‘traditional performance’ and African theatre’. It analyses the links between drama and ritual, and drama and music and diagnoses the confusions in our thought. The reader is reminded that drama is never merely the printed word, but that its existence as literature and in performance is necessarily different. The analysis shows that literature tends to replace performance; and drama, removed from the popular domain, becomes elitist. The book’s richness lies in the constantly stimulating analysis of ‘art’ theatre, as exemplified in protest plays, in African adaptations and transpositions of such classical subjects as the Bacchae and Everyman, in plays on African history, on colonialism and neo-colonialism. The final chapters argue that the form of African drama needs to evolve as the content does.
Author |
: Martin Banham |
Publisher |
: Indiana University Press |
Total Pages |
: 198 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0253215390 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780253215390 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Synopsis African Theatre by : Martin Banham
The contributions to this volume in the African Theatre series make clear that the role of women in the theatre across the continent has changed as control is mainly held by literate elites and women's traditional standing has been lost to men.
Author |
: Ola Rotimi |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 140 |
Release |
: 2001 |
ISBN-10 |
: IND:30000115798948 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis Issues in African Theatre by : Ola Rotimi
A project of the Department of Dramatic Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, which was founded by the late Ola Rotimi, one of Africa's finest dramatists, author of over a dozen play, theatre director, and Professor of Dramatic Arts. This collection of papers is the result of the dramatist's final creative years, and includes contributions from Rotimi himself as well as others from his department both from the older and younger generations. The essays are entitled: Attainment of Discovery: Efua Sutherland and the Evolution of Modern African Drama; Development of the Theatre of Radical Poetics in Nigeria; 'Each One Tell One'; Language as Praxis in Ola Rotimi and Ngugi wa Thiong'o; Sowande's Revolutionary Socio- Aesthetic Ideal; The Hidden Pursuaders: Nigerian Tele-Drama and Propaganda; The Performer and the Nigerian Copyright Act; The African Operetta: An Overview of Adam Fibersima's 'Edi Ke Marina'; and In Search of Community Theatre Audience.
Author |
: Martin Banham |
Publisher |
: Indiana University Press |
Total Pages |
: 324 |
Release |
: 2001 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0253214580 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780253214584 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis African Theatre by : Martin Banham
This second annual volume in the African Theatre series focuses on the intersection of politics and theatre in Africa today. Topics include the remarkable collaboration between Horse and Bamboo, a puppet theatre company based in the United Kingdom, and Nigerian playwright Sam Ukala that was inspired by the infamous execution of Nigerian playwright Ken Saro-Wiwa and other Ogoni activists; the plays of Femi Osofisan; and plays by Ghanaian playwrights Joe de Graft and Mohammed Ben-Abdallah. African Theatre features the work of Mauritian playwright Dev Virahsawmy and includes an interview with him, reviews of an English production of his play, Toufann, as well as the translated playscript. Reports of workshops and conferences, reviews, and news of the year in African theatre make this volume a valuable resource for anyone interested in current issues in African drama and performance.
Author |
: Martin Banham |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 498 |
Release |
: 2004-05-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781139451499 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1139451499 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis A History of Theatre in Africa by : Martin Banham
This book aims to offer a broad history of theatre in Africa. The roots of African theatre are ancient and complex and lie in areas of community festival, seasonal rhythm and religious ritual, as well as in the work of popular entertainers and storytellers. Since the 1950s, in a movement that has paralleled the political emancipation of so much of the continent, there has also grown a theatre that comments back from the colonized world to the world of the colonists and explores its own cultural, political and linguistic identity. A History of Theatre in Africa offers a comprehensive, yet accessible, account of this long and varied chronicle, written by a team of scholars in the field. Chapters include an examination of the concepts of 'history' and 'theatre'; North Africa; Francophone theatre; Anglophone West Africa; East Africa; Southern Africa; Lusophone African theatre; Mauritius and Reunion; and the African diaspora.
Author |
: Kamal Salhi |
Publisher |
: Intellect Books |
Total Pages |
: 200 |
Release |
: 1998 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015040364856 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis African Theatre for Development by : Kamal Salhi
This book acts as a forum for investigating how African Theatre works and what its place is in this postmodern society. It provides the subject with a degree of detail unmatched in previous books, reflecting a new approach to the study of the performing arts in this region. The book provides an opportunity to discover contemporary material from experts, critics and artists from across the world. The contributions are in a language and style that allow them to be read either as aids to formal study or as elements of discussion to interest the general reader.
Author |
: Karin Barber |
Publisher |
: Indiana University Press |
Total Pages |
: 309 |
Release |
: 1997-06-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780253028075 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0253028078 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis West African Popular Theatre by : Karin Barber
" . . . a ground-breaking contribution to the field of African literature . . . " —Research in African Literatures "Anyone with the slightest interest in West African cultures, performance or theatre should immediately rush out and buy this book." —Leeds African Studies Bulletin "A seminal contribution to the fields of performance studies, cultural studies, and popular culture. " —Margaret Drewal "A fine book. The play texts are treasures." —Richard Bauman African popular culture is an arena where the tensions and transformations of colonial and post-colonial society are played out, offering us a glimpse of the view from below in Africa. This book offers a comparative overview of the history, social context, and style of three major West African popular theatre genres: the concert party of Ghana, the concert party of Togo, and the traveling popular theatre of western Nigeria.
Author |
: Wole Soyinka |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 228 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCSC:32106018061603 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis Soyinka by : Wole Soyinka
Author |
: Geoffrey Davis |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 358 |
Release |
: 2020-04-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134362974 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134362978 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis Theatre & Change in South Africa by : Geoffrey Davis
First Published in 1997. Can South African theatre continue to maintain its autonomy and exercise its critical role? Can one rethink form and find new content? Can a concept of post-protest theatre be developed? How might theatre contribute to post-apartheid soceity? These are just of the questions addressed in this book. The real and present difficulties South Africian theatre is facing, as well as possible future orientations, are clearly shown, at one of the most complex moments of political transition in the history of the South African society. The authors include contributions from playwrights, actors, visual artists, poets, directors, administrators, critics and theatre academics. Their comments and thoughts portray the active process of reflection and reappraisal, redefining their artistic and political aims, searching for new and vital theatrical forms.
Author |
: Kathy A. Perkins |
Publisher |
: University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages |
: 386 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780252075735 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0252075730 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis African Women Playwrights by : Kathy A. Perkins
For the first time, a distinctive collection of plays by African women published in English