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This useful compendium of information begins with several general essays on African drama, including some 32 dramatic traditions in Black Africa. (There is a separate volume for Arabic Africa.) Some small dramatic traditions are covered by overview essays, but most countries have sustained studies that achieve a surprising degree of depth and subtlety covering many cultures and languages. They examine traditional ritual as well as formal theatrical drama. Entries follow a common form, beginning with an historical essay; moving on to discussions of the national theater, artistic profiles of important dramatists, theater for young audiences, puppet and mask theater, and architecture; and ending with a unit on training, criticism, scholarship, and publishing. Each chapter ends with a strong bibliography, and an extensive general bibliography is included as well. Together with the previous volumes on Europe (LJ 2/15/95) and America (1995), this effort succeeds admirably at promoting interest in global theater.?Thomas E. Luddy, Salem State Coll., Mass.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Writers from almost every nation on earth profile native expressions of music, dance, and puppet and dramatic theater since 1945 and comment on trends in design, training, criticism, and scholarship, in six insightful, inclusive, and entertaining volumes.
–The New York Public Library selection, The Best of Reference from 2001, April 2002
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This useful compendium of information begins with several general essays on African drama, including some 32 dramatic traditions in Black Africa. (There is a separate volume for Arabic Africa.) Some small dramatic traditions are covered by overview essays, but most countries have sustained studies that achieve a surprising degree of depth and subtlety covering many cultures and languages. They examine traditional ritual as well as formal theatrical drama. Entries follow a common form, beginning with an historical essay; moving on to discussions of the national theater, artistic profiles of important dramatists, theater for young audiences, puppet and mask theater, and architecture; and ending with a unit on training, criticism, scholarship, and publishing. Each chapter ends with a strong bibliography, and an extensive general bibliography is included as well. Together with the previous volumes on Europe (LJ 2/15/95) and America (1995), this effort succeeds admirably at promoting interest in global theater.?Thomas E. Luddy, Salem State Coll., Mass.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Review
Writers from almost every nation on earth profile native expressions of music, dance, and puppet and dramatic theater since 1945 and comment on trends in design, training, criticism, and scholarship, in six insightful, inclusive, and entertaining volumes.
–The New York Public Library selection, The Best of Reference from 2001, April 2002
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- Death of a Salesman (Cliffs Notes) by Jennifer L. Scheidt on 6 pages
- Theatre of the Oppressed (CD-ROM) by Augusto Boal on 4 pages
- From Ritual to Theatre: The Human Seriousness of Play (PAJ Books) by Victor Turner on page 469, page 474, and Back Matter
- Six Characters in Search of an Author (Signet Classics) by Luigi Pirandello on page 142, page 317, and page 364
- The Ecstasy of Rita Joe by George Ryga on page 96, and page 112
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