African Theatre 9: Histories 1850-1950

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African Theatre 9: Histories 1850-1950

Edited by: Martin Banham , James Gibbs , Femi Osofisan and Yvette Hutchison
With contributions by: Christine Matzke , James Gibbs , Owen Seda , Samuel Ravengai , Sam Kasule , Cristina Boscolo , Marisa Keuris , Steve Nicholson , Jane Plastow and Yvette Hutchison

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2010

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Volume 9 | African Theatre

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What kinds of documentation of performances exist - both of colonial and indigenous theatre and how may this range of documentation have affected how we read theatre history?

Author / Editor information

Osofisan Femi :

Femi Osofisan is an internationally lauded playwright, scholar, poet, novelist, actor, director, songwriter, and activist and Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts at the University of Ibadan. Osofisan was awarded the Thalia Prize in 2016. He has published five novellas, six volumes of poetry, and more than 50 plays. Hutchison Yvette :

Yvette Hutchison is Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Performance Studies, University of Warwick.Matzke Christine :

CHRISTINE MATZKE, Lecturer in African Literatures and Cultures, Humboldt-University, Berlin.Plastow Jane :

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

Yvette Hutchison is Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Performance Studies, University of Warwick.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Notes on Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Obituaries Zara Bennett and Sam Kasule Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Yvette Hutchison Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Looking for ‘Eritrea’s Past Property’ Archives & memories in Eritrean theatre historiography Christine Matzke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Seeking the Founding Father The Story of Kobina Sekyi’s The Blinkards (1916) James Gibbs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	23
Medieval Morality & Liturgical Drama in Colonial Rhodesia Early Christian martyrs dramatized Owen S. Seda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	38
Contesting Constructions of Cultural Production in & through Urban Theatre in Rhodesia, c. 1890–1950 Samuel Ravengai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	53
‘Don’t Talk into my Talk’ Oral narratives, cultural identity & popular performance in colonial Uganda Sam Kasule Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	72
The Leaf & the Soap (‘Bí ewé bá pé. l’ara o. s.e. , á di o. s.e. ’ ) A story of appropriation & resistance Cristina Boscolo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	90
The Representation of Khoisan Characters in Early Dutch-Afrikaans Dramas in South Africa Marisa Keuris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	107
Images of Africa in Early Twentieth-Century British Theatre Steve Nicholson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	122
The First African Play Fabula: Yawreoch Commedia & its influence on the development of theatre in Ethiopia Jane Plastow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	138
Translator’s Note Tekle Hawariat’s Fabula: Yawreoch Commedia ‘The Comedy of Animals’ Belayneh Abune Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	151
Fabula: Yawreoch Commedia ‘The Comedy of Animals’ (2nd edition) Tekle Hewariat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	153
Book Reviews
Jane Taylor (ed.), Handspring Puppet Company Yvette Hutchison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	168
Osita Okagbue, African Theatres & Performances Obi Maduakor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	171
Ademola O. Dasylva, Dapo Adelugba on Theatre Practice in Nigeria; Bode Sowande, Just for The Fun of It: An Anecdotal History of Odu Themes Theatre; James Gibbs, Nkyin-Kyin: Essays on the Ghanaian Theatre Martin Banham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	173
Kathy A. Perkins (ed.), African Women Playwrights Jumai Ewu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	174
Mieke Kolk (ed.), Performing Gender in Arabic/African Theatre Jane Plastow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	176
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	179

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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

eBook published on:

November 18, 2010

eBook ISBN:

9781846159176

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James Currey

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199

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10 b/w illus.

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781846159176

eBook ISBN: 9781846159176

Keywords for this book

theatre history; theatrical movements; performances; African theatre; contact; conflict; compromise; creativity; documenting performances; YVETTE HUTCHISON

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Professional and scholarly;

African Theatre 9: Histories 1850-1950

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