UID:
almafu_9960119223102883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 194 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-78204-195-8
Series Statement:
African theatre ; 12
Content:
This volume takes as its starting point an interrogation of the African contributions to the Globe to Globe Festival staged in London in 2012, where 37 Shakespeare productions were offered, each from a different nation. Five African companies were invited to perform and there are articles on each of these productions, examining issues of interculturalism, postcolonialism, language, interpretation and reception. The contributors are both Shakespeare and African theatre scholars, promoting discourse from a range of geographical and cultural perspectives. A critical debate about the process of the Globe to Globe Festival is initiated in the form of a discussion article featuring some of its directors and actors. Two further articles look at Shakespeare productions made purely for Africa, from Mauritius and Cape Verde, and leading Nigerian playwright and cultural commentator Femi Osofisan provides an overview article examining Shakespeare in Africa in the 21st century. The playscript in this volume of 'African Theatre' is Femi Osofisan's 'Wesoo, Hamlet! or the Resurrection of Hamlet'. Series Editors: Martin Banham, Emeritus Professor of Drama & Theatre Studies, University of Leeds; James Gibbs, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, University of the West of England; Femi Osofisan, Professor at the University of Ibadan; Jane Plastow, Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds; Yvette Hutchison, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Performance Studies, University of Warwick.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
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Shakespeare, Africa & the Globe Olympiad -- The two gentlemen of Zimbabwe & their diaspora audience at Shakespeare's Globe -- Shakespeare's African nostos : township nostalgia & South African performance at sea -- Ìtàn Ògìnìntìn, The winter's tales : Shakespeare meets Yoruba gods -- Performing the nation at the London Globe : notes on a South Sudanese Cymbeline : 'we will be like other people in other places' -- African Shakespeares : a discussion -- 'Sa bezsominn Shakespeare la' : the brave new world of Dev Virahsawmy -- Crioulo Shakespeareno & the Creolising of King Lear -- Playscript : Wẹ̀sóo, Hamlet!
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84701-080-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-306-16878-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781782041955
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