Africa on the Contemporary London Stage
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...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2018.
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| Έκδοση: | 1st ed. 2018. |
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- 1. Introduction; Tiziana Morosetti
- 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; Stephen J. Nicholson
- 4. 'On One of Those Sunday Nights': 50 Years of Africa at the Royal Court; 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
- 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 Revolutio; Arne Pohlmeier
- 11. Interview with Ade Solanke; Tiziana Morosetti
- 12. Interview with Rotimi Babatunde; Ying Cheng
- 13. Interview with Dipo Agboluaje; Tiziana Morosetti.
