Theater, in a variety of forms and contexts, can make, and indeed has made, positive political and social interventions in a range of developing cultures around the world. In this book a distinguished team of theater historians and dramatists explore how theater has a dynamic and often difficult relationship with societies and states, arguing positively that theatrical activity can make a difference. The collection begins with a foreword by Wole Soyinka and, throughout the volume, specially chosen plays, projects and movements are examined in countries such as Brazil and Argentina, Nigeria, Eritrea and South Africa, India and the Caribbean.
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Theatre, in a variety of forms and contexts, can make, and indeed has made, positive political and social interventions in a range of developing cultures across the world. In this book a distinguished team of theatre historians and dramatists, explore how theatre has a dynamic and often difficult relationship with societies and states, arguing positively that theatrical activity can make a difference.The collection begins with a foreword by Wole Soyinka and, through the volume, specially chosen plays, projects and movements are examined in countries such as Brazil and Argentina, Nigeria, Eritrea and South Africa, and India and the Caribbean countries.
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Theatre Matters is an assertive title, but it embodies an idea that the editors and contributors to this book all, in very different ways, see as central to our engagement with the theatrical form. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, Monkey Mountain, Dry Lips, West Indian, The Other War, Ricardo Halac, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Theatre of the Oppressed, United States, Third World, West Indies, Femi Osofisan, Frantz Fanon, New York, Teatro Abierto, Afewerki Abraha, Alemseged Tesfai, Augusto Boal, Central Cultural Troupe, Daniel Boukman, Teatro Legislativo, Derek Walcott, Machado de Assis, Real Love New!
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Theatre Matters is an assertive title, but it embodies an idea that the editors and contributors to this book all, in very different ways, see as central to our engagement with the theatrical form. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, Monkey Mountain, Dry Lips, West Indian, The Other War, Ricardo Halac, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Theatre of the Oppressed, United States, Third World, West Indies, Femi Osofisan, Frantz Fanon, New York, Teatro Abierto, Afewerki Abraha, Alemseged Tesfai, Augusto Boal, Central Cultural Troupe, Daniel Boukman, Teatro Legislativo, Derek Walcott, Machado de Assis, Real Love New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Theatre of the Oppressed by Augusto Boal on 8 pages
- The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon on 5 pages
- Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing by Tomson Highway on 5 pages
- Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon on page 34, page 105, and page 124
- Acting Out: Feminist Performances by Lynda Hart on page 154, and page 175
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- Theatre and Empowerment: Community Drama on the World Stage (Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre) by Richard Boon on 4 pages
- African Drama and Performance (A Research in African Literatures Book) by John Conteh-Morgan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A History of Theatre in Africa by Martin Banham on page 205, and page 447
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder and the German Theatre (Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre) by David Barnett in Front Matter
- Pregones Theatre: A Theatre for Social Change in the South Bronx (Latino Communities: Emerging Voices - Political, Social, Cultural and Legal Issues) by Eva Cristina Vásquez in Back Matter
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