Theatre matters : performance and culture on the world stage

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TextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.Description: xxii, 203 pISBN:

0521630541
9780521634434
0521634431

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DDC classification:

792 THE

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Contents:

1. Introduction.-- 2. 'The Revolution as Muse': drama as surreptitious insurrection in a post-colonial, military state.-- 3. Making theatre for a change: two plays of the Eritrean.-- 4. Race matters in South African theatre.-- 5. Dreams of violence: moving beyond colonialism in Canadian and Caribben drama. 6. The French-speaking Caribbean: journeying from the native land.-- 7. 'Binglishing' the stage: a generation of Asian theatre in England.-- 8. Popular theatre for the building of social awareness: the Indian experience.-- 9. The promise of performance: True Love/Real Love.-- 10. Making America or marking revolution: the theatre of Ricardo Halac in Argentina.

Summary: Theater, in a variety of forms and contexts, can make, and indeed has made, positive political and social interventions in a range of developing cultures around the world. In this book a distinguished team of theater historians and dramatists explore how theater 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, throughout the volume, specially chosen plays, projects and movements are examined in countries such as Brazil and Argentina, Nigeria, Eritrea and South Africa, India and the Caribbean.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Reference Books	Main Library Reference	Reference	792 THE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		009038

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Includes Index.

1. Introduction.--
2. 'The Revolution as Muse': drama as surreptitious insurrection in a post-colonial, military state.--
3. Making theatre for a change: two plays of the Eritrean.--
4. Race matters in South African theatre.--
5. Dreams of violence: moving beyond colonialism in Canadian and Caribben drama.
6. The French-speaking Caribbean: journeying from the native land.--
7. 'Binglishing' the stage: a generation of Asian theatre in England.--
8. Popular theatre for the building of social awareness: the Indian experience.--
9. The promise of performance: True Love/Real Love.--
10. Making America or marking revolution: the theatre of Ricardo Halac in Argentina.

Theater, in a variety of forms and contexts, can make, and indeed has made, positive political and social interventions in a range of developing cultures around the world. In this book a distinguished team of theater historians and dramatists explore how theater 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, throughout the volume, specially chosen plays, projects and movements are examined in countries such as Brazil and Argentina, Nigeria, Eritrea and South Africa, India and the Caribbean.

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