Aboriginal Sacred Sites
Agit Prop Theatre
agitprop dramaturgy
Ama Ata Aidoo
Artist's Model
Artist’s Model
Ay Ay Ay
bridge
canadian
CAPTAIN HENRY
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Contemporary South African Theatre
El Brujo
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femi
Femi Osofisan
gender sexuality performance
Girish Karnad
globalisation in theatre
hebden
Hungry Earth
imperialism aftermath
International Monetary Fund
Kee Thuan Chye
Kuhina Nui
Ma Ubu
Madam White Snake
Maishe Maponya
Narrative Aperture
osofisan
Pa Ubu
postcolonial drama analysis
race class dynamics
Rez Sisters
ritual storytelling techniques
Silver Dollar
SISTER JAMES
soyinka
truth
ubu
William Kentridge
Witwatersrand University Press
wole
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780415164498
- Weight: 868g
- Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 19 Apr 2001
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This collection of contemporary postcolonial plays demonstrates the extraordinary vitality of a body of work that is currently influencing the shape of contemporary world theatre.
This anthology encompasses both internationally admired 'classics' and previously unpublished texts, all dealing with imperialism and its aftermath. It includes work from Canada, the Carribean, South and West Africa, Southeast Asia, India, New Zealand and Australia. A general introduction outlines major themes in postcolonial plays. Introductions to individual plays include information on authors as well as overviews of cultural contexts, major ideas and performance history.
Dramaturgical techniques in the plays draw on Western theatre as well as local performance traditions and include agit-prop dialogue, musical routines, storytelling, ritual incantation, epic narration, dance, multimedia presentation and puppetry. The plays dramatize diverse issues, such as:
*globalization
* political corruption
* race and class relations
*slavery
*gender and sexuality
*media representation
*nationalism
Helen Gilbert lectures in Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Queensland. She is co-author of Post Colonial Drama: Theory, Practice and Politics.
