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Dance of the vampires & six other plays / Bole Butake.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Butake, Bole
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African drama (English).
- Vampires--Drama.
- Vampires.
- Genre:
- Drama
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Other Title:
- Dance of the vampires and six other plays
- Place of Publication:
- Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, [2013]
- Summary:
- This crowning collection brings together seven of Bole Butake�s finest plays since 1984, namely: Dance of the Vampires; Family Saga; Lake God; Betrothal Without Libation; And Palm Wine Will Flow; The Rape of Michelle; and Shoes. More than an academic, Butake has distinguished himself as a playwright, unearthing and foregrounding the ills, travails and predicaments of a land and people trapped by the blood-dripping impunities of vampires in power. In his rich repertoire of over ten plays, Butake takes sides with the downtrodden, the wretched of the earth, the deprived and the underdogs. His jabs and jibes, aimed at the rulers, are scathing, at times vitriolic. He has excelled at a stubborn determination to ignore the sinecures, lure and allure of power without responsibility.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface One. Tribute to Bole Butake, A Literary Luminary
- Preface Two. Bole Butake - And The Playwright Retires: Cameroon's ace playwright and actor, Prof. Bole Butake talks on his university teaching career as he prepares to retire at the end of this month.
- Part I - Dance of the Vampires
- Dramatis Personae
- First Movement
- Second Movement
- Third Movement
- Fourth Movement
- Fifth Movement
- Sixth Movement
- Part II - Family Saga
- Seventh Movement
- Eighth Movement
- Part III - Lake God
- Prologue
- Passage
- Part IV - Betrothal without Libation
- Act One
- Act Two
- Act Three
- Part V - And Palm-wine will Flow
- Part VI - The Rape of Michelle
- Scene I
- Scene II
- SCENE III
- Scene IV
- Epilogue
- Part VII - Shoes
- Characters
- The Beginning Was ...
- ...And Never Shall Be Again
- Back cover.
- Notes:
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed July 21, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Butake, Bole. Dance of the vampires & six other plays.
- ISBN:
- 9789956790425
- 9956790427
- 9956790435
- 9789956790432
- OCLC:
- 860716207
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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