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The first comprehensive publication on the subject, this book
investigates interactions between racial thinking and the stage in
the modern and contemporary world, with 25 essays on case studies
that will shed light on areas previously neglected by criticism
while providing fresh perspectives on already-investigated
contexts. Examining performances from Europe, the Americas, the
Middle East, Africa, China, Australia, New Zealand, and the South
Pacifi c islands, this collection ultimately frames the history of
racial narratives on stage in a global context, resetting
understandings of race in public discourse.
The first comprehensive publication on the subject, this book
investigates interactions between racial thinking and the stage in
the modern and contemporary world, with 25 essays on case studies
that will shed light on areas previously neglected by criticism
while providing fresh perspectives on already-investigated
contexts. Examining performances from Europe, the Americas, the
Middle East, Africa, China, Australia, New Zealand, and the South
Pacifi c islands, this collection ultimately frames the history of
racial narratives on stage in a global context, resetting
understandings of race in public discourse.
This collection of essays investigates the way Africa has been
portrayed on the London stage from the 1950s to the present. It
focuses on whether — and, if so, to what extent — the Africa
that emerges from the London scene is subject to stereotype, and/or
in which ways the reception of audiences and critics have
contributed to an understanding of the continent and its arts. The
collection, divided into two parts, brings together
well-established academics and emerging scholars, as well as
playwrights, directors and performers currently active in London.
With a focus on Wole Soyinka, Athol Fugard, Bola Agbaje, Biyi
Bandele, and Dipo Agboluaje, amongst others, the volume examines
the work of key companies such as Tiata Fahodzi and Talawa, as well
as newer companies Two Gents, Iroko Theatre and Spora Stories.
Interviews with Rotimi Babatunde, Ade Solanke and Dipo Agboluaje on
the contemporary London scene are also included.
This collection of essays investigates the way Africa has been
portrayed on the London stage from the 1950s to the present. It
focuses on whether - and, if so, to what extent - the Africa that
emerges from the London scene is subject to stereotype, and/or in
which ways the reception of audiences and critics have contributed
to an understanding of the continent and its arts. The collection,
divided into two parts, brings together well-established academics
and emerging scholars, as well as playwrights, directors and
performers currently active in London. With a focus on Wole
Soyinka, Athol Fugard, Bola Agbaje, Biyi Bandele, and Dipo
Agboluaje, amongst others, the volume examines the work of key
companies such as Tiata Fahodzi and Talawa, as well as newer
companies Two Gents, Iroko Theatre and Spora Stories. Interviews
with Rotimi Babatunde, Ade Solanke and Dipo Agboluaje on the
contemporary London scene are also included.
The body of the "Other" - exotic, unfamiliar, fascinating - is the
topic of this collection of essays on nineteenth-century British
theatre. Arranged chronologically, the volume traces visual
representations of the Other across the nineteenth century as well
as their legacy in contemporary theatrical culture. Essays explore
the concept, politics and aesthetic features of the "exotic" body
on stage, be it the actual body of the actor or actress, or the
fictional, "picturesque" bodies brought on stage. Far from focusing
exclusively on the subaltern, colonial subject, this volume
addresses the Other in its wider meaning, focusing on case studies
as famous as Edwin Forrest and Ira Aldridge or as neglected as that
of the Maori who appeared on the London stage in the 1860s. Written
by an international group of scholars, this collection offers an
informed, updated insight into the extensive and multifaceted
presence of the non-British in both Georgian and Victorian drama,
investigated through new lenses and materials to shed light on the
complex engagement of nineteenth-century British culture with
alterity.
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