African theatre. Histories 1850-1950

Hutchison, Yvette. (Added Author). Plastow, Jane. (Added Author).

Summary: The urge to create theatre in Africa has far outpaced the desire to document performances, and as a result, those preparing accounts of theatre movements and performance on the continent have very limited resources to work on. 'African Theatre 9' addresses the topic of theatre history and, more specifically, looks at a selection of theatrical movements and events between 1850 and 1950. Drawing on such archived resources as are available, this volume seeks to recover moments from the past by bringing together papers that explore the complexity of the relationships that characterised a century o.

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ISBN: 9781847010148
ISBN: 9781280489112
ISBN: 1847010148
ISBN: 1280489111
ISBN: 9781846159176
ISBN: 1846159172
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 183 pages) : illustrations.
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Publisher: Woodbridge, Suffolk [England] : Boydell & Brewer ; Rochester, NY : James Currey, �2010.

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General Note:	CatMonthString:september.21 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Looking for "Eritrea's past property" (1947) : archives & memories in Eritrean theatre histiography / Christine Matzke -- Seeking the founding father : the story of Kobina Sekyi's The blinkards (1916) / James Gibbs -- Medieval morality & liturgical drama in colonial Rhodesia : early Christian martyrs dramatized / Owen S. Seda -- Contesting constructions of cultural production in & through urban theatre in Rhodesia, c. 1890-1950 / Samuel Ravengai -- "Don't talk into my talk" : oral narratives, cultural idenitity & popular performance in colonial Uganda / Sam Kasule ; The leaf & the soap ("B�i ew�e b�a p��e l'ara �o�s�e, �a di �o�s�e") : a story of appropriation & resistance / Cristina Bosocolo ; The representation of Khoisan characters in early Dutch-Afrikaans dramas in South Africa / Marisa Keuris -- Images of Africa in early twentieth-century British theatre / Steve Nicholson -- The first African play : Fabula Yawreoch Commedia & its influence on the development of Ethiopian theatre / Jane Plastow -- Translator's note / Belayneh Abune -- Playscript. Fabula : Yawreoch Commedia (c. 1916, "The comedy of animals") / Tekle Hawariat, translated by Belayneh Abune -- Book reviews. Jane Taylor (ed.), Handspring puppet company / Yvette Hutchinson ; Osita Okabue, African theatres & performances / Obi Maduakor ; Ademola O. Dasylva, Dapo Adelugba on theatre practice in Nigeria : Bode Sowande, Just for the fun of it : an anecdotal history of Odu themes theatre : James Gibbs, Nkyin-Kyin : essays on the Ghanian theatre / Martin Banham ; Kathy A. Perkins (ed.), african women playwrights / Jumai Ewu ; Mieke Kolk (ed.), performing gender in Arabic/African theatre / Jane Plastow.
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