Theatre matters: performance and culture on the world stage

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 explores how theatre has a dynamic and often difficult re...

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Weitere Verfasser: Plastow, Jane (HerausgeberIn), Boon, Richard (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1998
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge studies in modern theatre
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Zusammenfassung: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 explores 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, embracing a variety of theatrical forms from conventional text to on-site developmental work. The communities addressed range from the national to the local, from middle-class elites to the economically dispossessed in countries such as Brazil and Argentina, Nigeria, Eritrea and South Africa, and India and the Caribbean countries
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Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxii, 203 pages)
ISBN:9780511554209
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511554209