Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Hutchison, Yvette.
2. Plastow, Jane.

Description

1. xvi, 183 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Series statement

1. African theatre ; 9

Uniform title

1. African theatre (Woodbridge, Suffolk, England) ; 9.

Alternative title

1. Histories 1850-1950

Subject

1. Theater > Africa > History

Contents

1. Looking for "Eritrea's past property" (1947) : archives & memories in Eritrean theatre histiography / Christine Matzke -- Seeking the founding father : the story of Kobina Sekyi's The blinkards (1916) / James Gibbs -- Medieval morality & liturgical drama in colonial Rhodesia : early Christian martyrs dramatized / Owen S. Seda -- Contesting constructions of cultural production in & through urban theatre in Rhodesia, c. 1890-1950 / Samuel Ravengai -- "Don't talk into my talk" : oral narratives, cultural idenitity & popular performance in colonial Uganda / Sam Kasule ; The leaf & the soap ("Bí ewé bá p̣é l'ara ọṣẹ, á di ọṣẹ") : a story of appropriation & resistance / Cristina Bosocolo ; The representation of Khoisan characters in early Dutch-Afrikaans dramas in South Africa / Marisa Keuris -- Images of Africa in early twentieth-century British theatre / Steve Nicholson -- The first African play : Fabula Yawreoch Commedia & its influence on the development of Ethiopian theatre / Jane Plastow -- Translator's note / Belayneh Abune -- Playscript. Fabula : Yawreoch Commedia (c. 1916, "The comedy of animals") / Tekle Hawariat , translated by Belayneh Abune -- Book reviews. Jane Taylor (ed.), Handspring puppet company / Yvette Hutchinson ; Osita Okabue, African theatres & performances / Obi Maduakor ; 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 Ghanian theatre / Martin Banham ; Kathy A. Perkins (ed.), african women playwrights / Jumai Ewu ; Mieke Kolk (ed.), performing gender in Arabic/African theatre / Jane Plastow.

Call number

1. MWEL (Africa) 13-1042

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title

1. African theatre. Histories 1850-1950 / editor, Yvette Hutchison ; reviews editor, Jane Plastow.

Imprint

1. Woodbridge, Suffolk, [England] ; Rochester, NY : James Currey, c2010.

Series

1. African theatre ; 9
2. African theatre (Woodbridge, Suffolk, England) ; 9.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added author

1. Hutchison, Yvette.
2. Plastow, Jane.

LCCN

1. 2011380261

ISBN

1. 9781847010148 (pbk.)
2. 1847010148 (pbk.)

Research call number

1. MWEL (Africa) 13-1042