Theatre Matters
Theatre Matters
Theatre, in a variety of forms and contexts, can make, and indeed has made, positive political and social interventions in a range of developing cultures across the world. In this book a distinguished team of theatre historians and dramatists explores how theatre has a dynamic and often difficult relationship with societies and states, arguing positively that theatrical activity can make a difference. The collection begins with a foreword by Wole Soyinka and, through the volume, specially chosen plays, projects and movements are examined, embracing a variety of theatrical forms from conventional text to on-site developmental work. The communities addressed range from the national to the local, from middle-class elites to the economically dispossessed in countries such as Brazil and Argentina, Nigeria, Eritrea and South Africa, and India and the Caribbean countries.
- A distinguished list of contributors including Wole Soyinka (Nobel Prize winner for Literature), Femi Osofisan and Jatinder Verma
- Topic studied by undergraduate students; may also appeal to the general reader
- International, multi-cultural context
Product details
December 1998Paperback
9780521634434
228 pages
229 × 152 × 13 mm
0.34kg
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Table of Contents
- Foreword: a letter from Kingston Wole Soyinka
- 1. Introduction Jane Plastow
- 2. 'The Revolution as Muse': drama as surreptitious insurrection in a post-colonial, military state Femi Osofisan
- 3. Making theatre for a change: two plays of the Eritrean liberation struggle Jane Plastow and Solomon Tsehaye
- 4. Race matters in South African theatre Ian Steadman
- 5. Dreams of violence: moving beyond colonialism in Canadian and Caribbean drama Christopher Innes
- 6. The French-speaking Caribbean: journeying from the native land Carole-Anne Upton
- 7. 'Binglishing' the stage: a generation of Asian theatre in England Jatinder Verma
- 8. Popular theatre for the building of social awareness: the Indian experience Jacob Srampickal and Richard Boon
- 9. The promise of performance: True Love/Real Love Paul Heritage
- 10. Making America or making revolution: the theatre of Ricardo Halac in Argentina George Woodyard.
