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21 produkter
Contemporary African Plays
Death and the King's;Anowa;Chattering & the Song;Rise & Shine of Comrade;Woza Albert!;Other War
Av Wole Soyinka, Percy Mtwa m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
415 kr
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The only current anthology to survey the rich variety of contemporary African drama The plays included in this volume are: Death and the King's Horseman by Wole Soyinka; Anowa by Ama Ata Aidoo; The Chattering and the Song by Femi Osofisan; The Rise and Shine of Comrade Fiasco by Andrew Whaley; Woza …
A History of Theatre in Africa
Häftad, 2008
1073 kr
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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 …
Plays by Tom Taylor
Still Waters Run Deep, The Contested Election, The Overland Route, The Ticket-of-Leave Man
Häftad, 1985
473 kr
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Tom Taylor was one of the most successful and popular playwrights of the Victorian theatre. His plays are humorous and theatrically powerful, showing a social concern that was advanced for his times - particularly on matters such as the rehabilitation of criminals and corruption in public life. …
The Cambridge Paperback Guide to Theatre
Av Sarah Stanton, Martin Banham
Häftad, 1996
804 kr
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This Guide is a concise reference to the theatre of the world, with entries on playwrights, actors, directors, critics and entertainers; on theatres, organizations and companies; on traditions, styles and genres of performance. Entries extend back to Sanskrit drama and the theatre of ancient Greece …
The Cambridge Guide to African and Caribbean Theatre
Av Martin Banham, Errol Hill m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
938 kr
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The Cambridge Guide to African and Caribbean Theatre is an exploration of the rich diversity of theatrical traditions in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean. Beautifully illustrated throughout, the book traces the ancient and complex roots of African theatre - still evident in community festivals …
A History of Theatre in Africa
Inbunden, 2004
2954 kr
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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 …
African Theatre 3: Women
Av James Gibbs, Osofisan Femi m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
343 kr
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Includes the playscript of Glass House by Fatima Dike with a brief introduction by Marcia Blumberg.Women have struggled to be heard in the world of modern African theatre. Traditionally they had secure roles as dancers, singers and storytellers, but as theatre became professionalised and …
African Theatre 4: Southern Africa
Av James Gibbs, Femi Osofisan m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
343 kr
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Includes the playscript of Workshop Negative by Cont Mhlanga.This volume in the African Theatre series includes the familiar territory of South Africa and Zimbabwe but also countries which have received little previous attention, such as Angola and Namibia. The articles range from evaluations of …
African Theatre 1: African Theatre in Development
Av James Gibbs, Femi Osofisan m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
383 kr
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This volume features the play Babalawo, Mystery-Master by Agbo Sikuade.First title in the African Theatre series with accounts of Theatre for Development workshops and critical discussions of the theme which continues to be a major area of endeavour in African theatre.Series editors: Martin Banham, …
Extraordinary Actors
Essays on Popular Performers
Av Martin Banham, Jane Milling
Inbunden, 2004
993 kr
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Dangerous, outrageous, comic and committed, the extraordinary performers collected here have altered the history of popular entertainment in America and Europe. Some have rarely had their story told, others are familiar figures. The essays explore what made these performers extraordinary; how they …
African Theatre 9: Histories 1850-1950
Av Martin Banham, James Gibbs m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
306 kr
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What kinds of documentation of performances exist - both of colonial and indigenous theatre and how may this range of documentation have affected how we read theatre history?African performers, dramatists and directors have far out-paced chroniclers, critics and librarians, and as a result, those …
African Theatre 10: Media and Performance
Av Martin Banham, James Gibbs m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
306 kr
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Examines the impact of new media (such as video and YouTube) and the use of multi-media on live and recorded performance in Africa.Focuses on the ways African theatre and performance relate to various kinds of media. Includes contributions on dance; popular video, with an emphasis on video drama …
African Theatre 11: Festivals
Av Martin Banham, James Gibbs m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
306 kr
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Contributors examine how international theatre festivals have been organised and how they have affected the evolution of sustainable theatre.During the last fifty years, large sums of money, huge resources of labour and vast amounts of creative energy have been invested in international theatre …
African Theatre 12: Shakespeare in and out of Africa
Av James Gibbs, Femi Osofisan m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
342 kr
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A key volume for Shakespeare, African theatre and postcolonial cultural scholars, promoting debate on the role of Western cultural icons in contemporary postcolonial cultures.This volume takes as its starting point an interrogation of the African contributions to the Globe to Globe festival staged …
African Theatre 13: Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Wole Soyinka
Av Martin Banham, James Gibbs m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
383 kr
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Directors and collaborators assess and comment on the production of plays by West Africa's Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka and East Africa's most influential author Ngugi wa Thiong'o.Wole Soyinka and Ngugi wa Thiong'o are the pre-eminent playwrights of West and East Africa respectively and their work …
African Theatre 14: Contemporary Women
Häftad, 2015
306 kr
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Looks at the lives, challenges and contributions of African women from across the continent to making and participating in theatre in the 21st century.Drawing on expertise from across the African continent this collection reflects the realities for women working and making theatre: how Egyptian …
African Theatre 15: China, India & the Eastern World
Av Martin Banham, James Gibbs m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1273 kr
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Extends the study of China's "soft power" into theatre studies and looks more widely at syncretic traditions evolving in other long-term historic exchanges between Asia and Africa.2016 Thalia Prize of the International Association of Theatre CriticsChina is the main focus of this volume, and …
African Theatre 16: Six Plays from East & West Africa
Av Martin Banham, Jane Plastow
Inbunden, 2017
1422 kr
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A collection of playscripts and texts that give an English-reading audience access to key plays as well as less well-known and previously untranslated works - a superb resource for scholars and theatre practitioners.This volume makes available some of the most influential, imaginative and exciting …
African Theatre 16: Six Plays from East & West Africa
Av Martin Banham, Jane Plastow
Häftad, 2017
450 kr
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A collection of playscripts and texts that give an English-reading audience access to key plays as well as less well-known and previously untranslated works - a superb resource for scholars and theatre practitioners.This volume makes available some of the most influential, imaginative and exciting …
African Theatre 7: Companies
Av Martin Banham, James Gibbs m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
306 kr
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Profiles theatre companies in Africa working creatively in the context of financial and political constraints.A close scrutiny of how theatre companies operate is an often neglected aspect of theatre life in Africa, yet, as companies profiled here grapple with the issues of 'creativity and …
African Theatre 8: Diasporas
Av Martin Banham, James Gibbs m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
306 kr
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This volume in the African Theatre series celebrates the African theatrical diaspora from Brazil to Tasmania, and Canada to Cuba, and also includes the playscript Messing with the Mind by Egyptian writer and director Khaled El-Sawy.Diasporas', as used in the title of this volume, refers to a …
