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.

Physical Description:

xiv, 378p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Mankon : Langaa, 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:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9789956790432 : (ebk : EbookCentral)