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African Theatre 13: Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Wole Soyinka (Paperback) Loot Price: R880
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African Theatre 13: Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Wole Soyinka (Paperback): Martin Banham, James Gibbs, Femi Osofisan

African Theatre 13: Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Wole Soyinka (Paperback)

Martin Banham, James Gibbs, Femi Osofisan; Contributions by Martin Banham, James Gibbs, Femi Osofisan, David Kerr, Biodun Jeyifo, Sola Adeyemi, Tunji Oyelana

Series: African Theatre

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Directors and collaborators assess and comment on the production of plays by West Africa's Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka and East Africa's most influential author Ngugi wa Thiong'o. Wole Soyinka and Ngugi wa Thiong'o are the pre-eminent playwrights of West and East Africa respectively and their work has been hugely influential across the continent. This volume features directors' experiences of recent productions of their plays, the voices of actors and collaborators who have worked with the playwrights, and also provides a digest of their theatrical output. Contributors provide new readings of Ngugi and Soyinka's classic texts, and astimulating new approach for students of English, Theatre and African studies. The playscript for this volume is a previously unpublished radio play by Wole Soyinka entitled A Rain of Stones, first broadcast onBBC Radio 4 in 2002. Volume Editors: MARTIN BANHAM & FEMI OSOFISAN Guest Editor: KIMANI NJOGU 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 of Drama 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

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Imprint: James Currey
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: African Theatre
Release date: November 2014
First published: 2014
Editors: Martin Banham • James Gibbs • Femi Osofisan
Contributors: Martin Banham • James Gibbs • Femi Osofisan • David Kerr • Biodun Jeyifo (Contributor) • Sola Adeyemi • Tunji Oyelana (Contributor)
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 978-1-84701-098-8
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General
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LSN: 1-84701-098-9
Barcode: 9781847010988

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