Africa on the contemporary London stage / edited by Tiziana Morosetti.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Morosetti, Tiziana, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--England--London--History--20th century.

Theater.

History.

England--London.

Theater--England--London--History--21st century.

Africa--Drama.

Africa.

Africa--In literature.

Genre:

Drama.

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 246 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]

Contents:

1. Introduction / Tiziana Morosetti

Part I. Africa on the London Stage, 1955-2013 : 2. Freedom, London 1955: A Story of Modern Africa Written and Acted by Africans, or Perhaps Not / James Gibbs

3. Africa on the British Stage, 1955-1966 / Steve Nicholson

4. 'On One of Those Sunday Nights': 50 Years of Africa at the Royal Court Theatre / Tiziana Morosetti

5. Biyi Bandele's Theatre of the Afropolitan Absurd / Michael Pearce

6. Nigerian Political Satire at the Soho Theatre: Class, Culture, and Theatrical Languages in Oladipo Agboluaje's The Estate and Iyale (The First Wife) / Lynette Goddard

7. Black Masculinity and the Black Voice: Casting and Canonicity in the National Theatre Gala / Sophie Duncan

Part II. Companies and Theatre Practitioners : 8. Disrupting Historical Mis-representations and Constructions: Talawa Theatre, Tiata Fahodzi, and Representations of Polyphonic Africa on the Contemporary London Stage / Victor Ukaegbu

9. IROKO Theatre and the African Theatre-in-Education Scene in London / Alex Oma-Pius

10. 'But [We] Will Delve One Yard Below Their Mines / And Blow Them at the Moon': Two Gents

'Africa', Shakespeare, and the Silent Revolution / Arne Pohlmeier

11. Interview with Ade Solanke / Tiziana Morosetti

12. Interview with Rotimi Babatunde / Ting Cheng

13. Interview with Dipo Agboluaje / Tiziana Morosetti

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

3319945076

9783319945071

OCLC:

1037809504