Banham / Plastow African Theatre 16: Six Plays from East & West Africa

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-78744-158-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 16, 335 Seiten

Reihe: African Theatre

A collection of playscripts and texts that give an English-reading audience access to key plays as well as less well-known and previously untranslated works - a superb resource for scholars and theatre practitioners.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Banham, Martin

Plastow, Jane

Weitere Mitwirkende

Jeyifo, Biodun

Rubin, Don

Plastow, Jane

Banham, Martin

Mangeni, Patrick

Birehanu, Zerihun

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Afrikanische Literaturen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface - Jane Plastow and Martin Banham
THREE PLAYS FROM EAST AFRICA
The Translation & Transcription of Mother Uganda & Her Children [Patience Nitumwesiga & team]
The Context & Making of Rose Mbowa's Mother Uganda & Her Children - Patrick Mangeni and Jane Plastow
Majangwa: A Promise of Rains (1974) by Robert Serumaga
Notions of Indigeneity: Uganda's Robert Serumaga - Don Rubin
The Guest (2016) by Manyazewal Endeshaw
An Absurdist in Addis Ababa: Manyazewal Endeshaw's Engida - Jane Plastow and Zerihun Birehanu
THREE PLAYS FROM WEST AFRICA
If: A Tragedy of the Ruled (1983) by Ola Rotimi
Ola Rotimi: Creating Theatrical Spaces - Martin Banham
Morountodun (1983) by Femi Osofisan
Morountodun: A Retrospective Commentary - Biodun Jeyifo
The Legend of Wagadu as Seen by Sia Yatabere (1988) by Moussa Diagana
Moussa Diagana & The Legend of Wagadu as Seen by Sia Yatabere: Advocating Anarchy in Mauritania? - Jane Plastow
Book Reviews

Über Autor(innen)

Plastow Jane:
Jane Plastow is Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds.Plastow Jane:
Jane Plastow is Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds.