Beyond the barricades : a collection of contemporary Malawian plays / edited by Mufunanji Magalasi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Magalasi, Mufunanji.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Malawi drama (English).

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

xvii, 172 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Zomba, Malawi : Chancellor College Publications, [2001]

Summary:

There has been little drama publishing in Malawi of late, although the practice of drama is active and strong, and drama is widely held as an important tool in communication and development. This collection of new plays is published with this gap in mind; additionally serving to bring modern Malawian drama to a wider audience. The collection comprises nine plays by five dramatists. The plays broadly fall into the categories of realistic drama, farce, political satire, and an adapted musical. The dramatists include the late Du Chisiza Jr., one of Malawi's foremost dramatists, who has written some fifty plays and trained as many actors, and author of the title play; Mufananji Magalasi, who has directed many plays in South Africa and Malawi and is currently head of Drama Programmes at the University of Malawi; Gertrude Webster Kamkwatira, author of some thirteen plays and active in the Malawi Theatre Organisation, Innocent Kommwa and Smith Likongwe.

Contents:

Beyond the barricades / Dunduzu Chisiza

Stop press / Mufunanji Magalasi

Breaking the news / Gertrude Webster Kamkwatira

Long live Vava / Smith Likongwe

Father, dear Father / Innocent Cleo Kommwa

Wrong day! / Mufunanji Magalasi

Boomerang Kratos / Smith Likongwe

Chamdothe, child of clay / Mufunanji Magalasi

A push for motherland / Smith Likongwe.

ISBN:

9990851263

OCLC:

56495386