UID:
almafu_9961382827602883
Format:
1 online resource (305 pages) :
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illustrations
Edition:
1 ed.
ISBN:
9781134216895 (Electronic Book)
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9781134216895
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1134216890
Content:
Black and Asian Theatre in Britain is an unprecedented study tracing the history of ‘the Other’ through the ages in British theatre. The diverse and often contradictory aspects of this history are expertly drawn together to provide a detailed background to the work of African, Asian, and Caribbean diasporic companies and practitioners. Colin Chambers examines early forms of blackface and other representations in the sixteenth century, through to the emergence of black and Asian actors, companies, and theatre groups in their own right. Thorough analysis uncovers how they led to a flourishing of black and Asian voices in theatre at the turn of the twenty-first century. Figures and companies studied include: Ira Aldridge Henry Francis Downing Paul Robeson Errol John Mustapha Matura Dark and Light Theatre The Keskidee Centre Indian Art and Dramatic Society Temba Edric and Pearl Connor Tara Arts Yvonne Brewster Tamasha Talawa. Black and Asian Theatre in Britain is an enlightening and immensely readable resource and represents a major new study of theatre history and British history as a whole.
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The early era -- Chapter 2: Aldridge and the age of minstrelsy -- Chapter 3: After Aldridge -- Chapter 4: Between the wars -- Chapter 5: Postwar struggles: 1940s-1960s -- Chapter 6: New beginnings in the 1970s -- Chapter 7: Asian Theatre: Tara Arts and beyond -- Chapter 8: 'All a we is English' -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780203016541
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0203016548
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415365130
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0415365139
Language:
English
