Africa on the Contemporary London Stage

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Morosetti, Tiziana (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Theater.; Theater-History.; Ethnology-Africa.; Contemporary Theatre.; Theatre History.; National/Regional Theatre and Performance.; African Culture.

This collection of essays investigates the way Africa has been portrayed on the London stage from the 1950s to the present. It focuses on whether - and, if so, to what extent - the Africa that emerges from the London scene is subject to stereotype, and/or in which ways the reception of audiences and...