African Theatre: Playwrights and Politics

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African playwrights remain aware of the political dimension of their work. This volume in the African Theatre series examines, for example, a theatrical collaboration inspired by the infamous execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and raises issues around the power and politics of language in a Mauritian version of The Tempest. North America: Indiana U Press; South Africa: Wits U Press

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Overview

African playwrights remain aware of the political dimension of their work. This volume in the African Theatre series examines, for example, a theatrical collaboration inspired by the infamous execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and raises issues around the power and politics of language in a Mauritian version of The Tempest. North America: Indiana U Press; South Africa: Wits U Press

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  • ISBN-13: 9780852555989
  • Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, Limited
  • Publication date: 4/19/2001
  • Series: African Theatre
  • Pages: 320

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Martin Banham is Emeritus Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Leeds.

James Gibbs teaches at the University of the West of England in Bristol.

Femi Osofisan is a playwright who also teaches in the Department of Theatre Arts, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Jane Plastow, Drama Lecturer at the University of Leeds, is author of African Theatre and Politics.

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Martin Banham is Emeritus Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Leeds. He is editor of The Cambridge Guide to Theatre and co-editor of The Cambridge Guide to African and Caribbean Theatre.

James Gibbs teaches at the University of the West of England in Bristol and has a particular interest in Ghanaian, Nigerian, and Malawian theatre.

Femi Osofisan is a playwright who also teaches in the Department of Theatre Arts, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Indiana University Press

Martin Banham is Professor Emeritus of Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Leeds.

James Gibbs teaches at the University of the West of England in Bristol.

Femi Osofisan is a playwright who also teaches in the Department of Theatre Arts, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Jane Plastow, Drama Lecturer at the University of Leeds, is author of African Theatre and Politics.

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Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors
Foreword
Obituary of Rose Mbowa
From a Playwright's notebook 3
Bole Butake's strategies as a political playwright: 'I'm not going to say things in a blunt manner, simply because I want to be politically committed.' 7
Ife convocation plays as politics: An Examination of some past productions 18
The Plays of Femi Osofisan 27
Politics of aesthetics 29
Once Upon Four Robbers: Continuing the intercultural debate 42
Once Upon Four Robbers: A review 57
Two Ghanaian Playwrights: Joe de Graft & Mohammed Ben-Abdallah 63
Joe de Graft & the Ghana cultural revival 65
Joe de Graft: theatrical prophet with strange honours: A response to a profile by Kofi Agovi 72
Mohammed Ben-Abdallah at fifty 84
Land of a Million Magicians 89
Interview with Mohammed Ben-Abdallah 95
Language & Politics: Island Plays 107
Interviews with Dev Virahsawmy & Michael Walling: Staging Shakespeare across borders 109
'Translating' The Tempest: Dev Virahsawmy's Toufann, cultural creolization & the rise of Mauritian creole 125
Aime's Cesaire's Une tempete: A British premiere at the Gate Theatre 139
Ubu in Reunion: The Rise & fall of the Theatre Vollard 144
Puppets & Politics: Horse & Bamboo Productions 155
Harvest of Ghosts: The story of a collaboration 157
Follow up: Theatre in Development 179
Making Sense Project: Promoting entrepreneurship by theatre & radio in Southern Africa 181
Noticeboard 191
Playscript: Toufann 217
Theatre Reviews 255
Book Reviews 261
Index 285
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