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Theatre matters : performance and culture on the world stage / edited by Richard Boon and Jane Plastow.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in modern theatrePublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.Description: xxii, 203 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0521630541
  • 9780521630542
  • 0521634431
  • 9780521634434
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 792 21
LOC classification:
  • PN2049 .T44 1998
Other classification:
  • 24.06
  • AP 67000
  • AP 67200
  • HP 1040
Online resources:
Contents:
'Revolution as muse' : drama as surreptitious insurrection in a post-colonial, military state / Femi Osofisan -- Making theatre for a change : two plays of the Eritrean liberation struggle / Jane Plastow and Solomon Tsehaye -- Race matters in South African theatre / Ian Steadman -- Dreams of violence : moving beyond colonialism in Canadian and Caribbean drama / Christopher Innes -- French-speaking Caribbean : journeying from the native land / Carole-Anne Upton -- 'Binglishing' the stage : a generation of Asian theatre in England / Jatinder Verma -- Popular theatre for the building of social awareness : the Indian experience / Jacob Srampickal and Richard Boon -- Promise of performance : true love/real love / Paul Heritage -- Making America or making revolution : the theatre of Ricardo Halac in Argentina / George Woodyard.
Summary: A team of theatre historians and dramatists explore how theatre has a dynamic and often difficult relationship with societies and states, arguing positively that theatrical activity can make a difference in a political and social context.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

'Revolution as muse' : drama as surreptitious insurrection in a post-colonial, military state / Femi Osofisan -- Making theatre for a change : two plays of the Eritrean liberation struggle / Jane Plastow and Solomon Tsehaye -- Race matters in South African theatre / Ian Steadman -- Dreams of violence : moving beyond colonialism in Canadian and Caribbean drama / Christopher Innes -- French-speaking Caribbean : journeying from the native land / Carole-Anne Upton -- 'Binglishing' the stage : a generation of Asian theatre in England / Jatinder Verma -- Popular theatre for the building of social awareness : the Indian experience / Jacob Srampickal and Richard Boon -- Promise of performance : true love/real love / Paul Heritage -- Making America or making revolution : the theatre of Ricardo Halac in Argentina / George Woodyard.

A team of theatre historians and dramatists explore how theatre has a dynamic and often difficult relationship with societies and states, arguing positively that theatrical activity can make a difference in a political and social context.

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