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TITLE: African Theatre in Development
AUTHOR:
EDITOR: Martin Banham (Professor of English, University of Leeds)  James Gibbs (University of the West of England)  Femi Osofisan (Department of Theatre Arts, University of Ibadan, Nigeria) 
PUBLISHER:
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SERIES: African Theatre
FORMAT: Paperback (pp: 192) mm
ISBN: 0-85255-599-7
13 digit ISBN: 9780852555996
PUB DATE: 01 Jan 1999
AVAILABILITY: In print
PRICE: �11.95

SUMMARY:
This text represents the first volume in a new series on African theatre. The book features reports on workshops, critical discussions, and the full text of an unpublished play in each volume. This volume features the play "Babalawo, Mystery-Master" by Agbo Sikuade.

 

CONTENTS:
Strategies in staging - theatre technique in the plays of Zakes Mda, Carolyn Duggan
- propaganda and mass education - Alec Dickson and drama for development in the Gold Coast, James Gibbs
- theatre development in Mauritius - from a theatre of protest to a theatre of cultural miscegenation, Roshni Mooneran
- telling the Lion's Tale - making theatre in Eritrea, Ali Campbell et al
- Alemseged Tesfai - a playwright in service to Eritrean liberation, Jane Plastow
- performance studio workshop in Igboelerin East (1997), Chuck Mike et al
- art as tool, weapon or shield? report on a seminar on arts for development, Harare (4-8 March 1997), David Kerr
- arts and development II - furthering the agenda, Ibadan (1998), Jumai Ewu
- 15 years between - Benue and Katsina workshops, Nigeria, Frances Harding
- practice and policy in theatre and development - seminar, London (1998) - a personal response, Jan Cohen-Cruz
- noticeboard - short materials and reports on theatre/development projects and related material
- a new playscript from Africa - "Babalawo, Mystery-Master", Agbo Sikuade.


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Theatre, drama
Drama texts: from c 1900 -
 

Additional Information:
Illustrations: 7photos, index