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18 produkter
African Theatre 3: Women
Av James Gibbs, Osofisan Femi m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
342 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
342 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
382 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, …
African Theatre 9: Histories 1850-1950
Av Martin Banham, James Gibbs m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
309 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
309 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
309 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
345 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
382 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
309 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
1267 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
1415 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 17: Contemporary Dance
Av Yvette Hutchison, Chukwuma Okoye
Häftad, 2018
338 kr
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African dance is discussed here in its global as well as local contexts as a powerful vehicle of aesthetic and cultural exchange and influence.To date, scholars have tended, with a few exceptions, to write about African dance in primarily ethnographic terms. This collection seeks to challenge this …
African Theatre 17: Contemporary Dance
Av Yvette Hutchison, Chukwuma Okoye
Inbunden, 2018
604 kr
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African dance is discussed here in its global as well as local contexts as a powerful vehicle of aesthetic and cultural exchange and influence.To date, scholars have tended, with a few exceptions, to write about African dance in primarily ethnographic terms. This collection seeks to challenge this …
African Theatre 18
Inbunden, 2019
1134 kr
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Highlighted in this volume is the detective play The Inspector and the Hero by Femi Osofisan, one of Africa's leading playwrights. The play has until now only been published in Nigeria.This open issue of African Theatre is a departure from the traditional themed format to showcase the plethora of …
African Theatre 19
Opera & Music Theatre
Inbunden, 2020
1267 kr
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Compelling inside views of what characterises opera and music theatre in African and African diasporic contexts.Music is often cited as a central artistic mode in African theatre and performance practices. However, little attention has been paid to music theatre on the continent in general, and to …
African Theatre 7: Companies
Av Martin Banham, James Gibbs m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
309 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
309 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 …
