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Year: 2002 Publisher: London ; New York, NY : W. W. Norton,
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THEATRE (GENRE LITTERAIRE) AFRICAIN (ANGLAIS) --- AFRIQUE --- THEATRE --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE
ISBN: 0192811363 0192811649 9780192811363 9780192811646 Year: 1976 Publisher: Oxford Oxford university press
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The Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka has been hailed as 'one of the finest poetic playwrights who have ever written in English' (Martin Esslin) and 'a writer of genius' (Irish Times). The five plays in this collection are linked by their concern with the spiritual and the social, with belief and ritual as integrating forces for social cohesion. A Dance of the Forests (1960), a confrontation between the living and the dead, between history and reality; The Swamp Dwellers (1961), a tale of perilous dependence on the favour of the gods; The Strong Breed (1963), a play of expiation, all take place in Africa. So also does The Road (1965), 'a rich and beautiful tragedy' (Times Literary Supplement) The most recent work, an adaptation of The Bacchae of Euripides (1973), remains set in and around the Thebes of ancient Greece, but draws deeply on Africa and the themes of the earlier plays in this book. In all these plays - whether concerned with the corruption of urban life or the power of superstition - Soyinka's language and imagination transcend the plays' immediate social contexts.
Nigeria --- Drama. --- English literature --- Drama --- Littérature africaine --- Theatre (genre litteraire) africain (anglais) --- Vie intellectuelle --- 20e siecle
ISBN: 0521630541 0521634431 0511554206 Year: 1998 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
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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.
Theatrical science --- anno 1900-1999 --- Theater --- Theater and society. --- Political aspects. --- Actors --- Society and theater --- Social status --- Social aspects --- Théâtre (genre littéraire) canadien (anglais) --- Théâtre (genre littéraire) africain (anglais) --- Théâtre (genre littéraire) antillais de langue anglaise --- Histoire et critique
ISBN: 0195094069 0199855277 0195357507 1602560277 0195094050 1282384252 9786610449866 1280449861 1423735722 9786612384257 Year: 1995 Publisher: Oxford [etc.] : Oxford University Press,
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African Americans in literature. --- African Americans --- American drama --- Blacks in literature. --- Intellectual life --- African American authors --- History and criticism. --- African Americans in literature --- Afro-Americans in literature --- Afro-Amerikanen in de literatuur --- Afro-Américains dans la littérature --- Amerikaanse zwarten in de literatuur --- Black Americans in literature --- Negroes in literature --- Noirs américains dans la littérature --- Zwarte Amerikanen in de literatuur --- History and criticism --- Caribbean Area - In literature. --- Africa - In literature. --- THEATRE (GENRE LITTERAIRE) AMERICAIN --- LITTERATURE AMERICAINE --- THEATRE (GENRE LITTERAIRE) AFRICAIN (ANGLAIS) --- SHANGE (NTOZAKE) --- BARAKA (AMIRI) --- SOYINKA (WOLE), 1934 --- -WALCOTT (DEREK), 1930 --- -THEATRE (GENRE LITTERAIRE) ANTILLAIS DE LANGUE ANGLAISE --- AUTEURS APPARTENANT A DES MINORITES --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- AUTEURS NOIRS
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