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Author : Ian Patrick Steadman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (869 download)
Download or read book Theatre Beyond Apartheid written by Ian Patrick Steadman and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Loren Kruger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781350008045
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)
Download or read book A Century of South African Theatre written by Loren Kruger and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Percy Mtwa
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350025062
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Woza Albert! written by Percy Mtwa and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Woza Albert! is one of the most popular and influential plays to have come out of the South African cultural struggle of the 1980s and a central work in the canon of South African theatre. Working with the idea of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ taking place in apartheid South Africa, the playwrights improvised a brilliant two-man show consisting of 26 vignettes, commenting on and satirising life under the apartheid regime. The play has become one of the most anthologized and produced South African plays both in South Africa, and internationally and is studied widely in schools as well as universities. This Student Edition contains a commentary and notes by Temple Hauptfleisch, Emeritus Professor at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. METHUEN DRAMA STUDENT EDITIONS are expertly annotated texts of a wide range of plays from the modern and classic repertoires. A well as the complete text of the play itself, this volume contains: · A contextualised chronology of the play and the playwrights' lives and works · an introductory discussion of the social, political, cultural and economic context in which the play was originally conceived and created · a succinct overview of the creation processes followed and subsequent performance history of the piece · an analysis of, and commentary on, some of the major themes and specific issues addressed by the text · a bibliography of suggested primary and secondary materials.
Author : John Kani
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1776191331
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (761 download)
Download or read book Kunene and the King written by John Kani and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2021-04-09 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'What lies beneath the apparent simplicity of Kunene and the King is a lot of moral, political and existential depth. This is testimony to the brilliance of John Kani.' – EUSEBIUS McKAISER South Africa, 2019. Twenty-five years since the first post-apartheid democratic elections. Jack Morris is a celebrated classical actor who has just been given a career-defining role and a life-changing diagnosis. Lunga Kunene is a retired senior male nurse from Soweto now working for private patients. Besides their age, they appear not to have much in common. But a shared passion for Shakespeare soon ignites a 'rich, raw and shattering head-to-head' (The Times) as the duet from contrasting walks of life unpack the racial, political and social complexities of modern South Africa. Kunene and the King is a vital play that combines the magnificence of classic Shakespearean comedy, tragedy and history to reflect on a new yet deeply wounded society.
Author : David Graver
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253335708
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (357 download)
Download or read book Drama for a New South Africa written by David Graver and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "... a solid addition to international drama." --Library Journal Going beyond the parameters of conventional literary drama, these seven new plays express life issues in post-apartheid South Africa--Islamic fundamentalism, women's rights, ecology, Afrikaans culture and the new multi-racial life of the inner city. While theater rooted in the anti-apartheid movement was rich and vibrant, it was also singleminded in focus, obscuring the diversity of South African culture now brought to life in these works.
Author : Baxter Theatre Company
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786823632
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (868 download)
Download or read book The Fall written by Baxter Theatre Company and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-28 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fall is a play collaboratively written by the original cast as a reaction to and reflection on the South African student protests in 2015 and part of 2016. The #RhodesMustFall and subsequent student-led movements in South Africa alerted the country and the world to the latent ongoing issues brought about by colonialism and apartheid in South Africa. Students were also protesting about the lack of change in the way black Africans were educated and treated at South African universities more than two decades after the end of white-minority rule. They were also angry about fee increases, which disproportionately affected black students, in a country of continued extreme income inequality. The Fall details the experiences of seven students within this movement and how they deal with their traumas, while still moving towards activism for a free decolonised education. This powerful ensemble piece goes to the heart of how race, class, gender, power and history's voices intersect. It premiered at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town, toured to other venues in South Africa and to the Edinburgh Festival and the Royal Court Theatre, London. It was awarded The Stage Cast Award and a Scotsman Fringe First award in Edinburgh, and was described in The Stage as:"a truly ensemble production which has both teeth and heart. And one which stands for student revolt around the world and down the ages."
Author : Haike Frank
Publisher : Bayreuth African Studies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Role-play in South African Theatre written by Haike Frank and published by Bayreuth African Studies. This book was released on 2004 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004414460
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Forays into Contemporary South African Theatre written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-11-11 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the end of Apartheid, South African theatre was characterized by a remarkable process of constant aesthetic reinvention. This multivocal volume documents some of the various ways in which the “rainbow” nation has forged these innovative stage idioms.
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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004484205
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book South African Theatre as/and Intervention written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most striking features of cultural life in South Africa has been the extent to which one area of cultural practice - theatre - has more than any other testified to the present condition of the country, now in transition between its colonial past and a decolonized future. But in what sense and how far does the critical force of theatre in South Africa as a mode of intervention continue? In the immediate post-election moment, theatre seemed to be pursuing an escapist, nostalgic route, relieved of its historical burden of protest and opposition. But, as the contributors to this volume show, new voices have been emerging, and a more complex politics of the theatre, involving feminist and gay initiatives, physical theatre, festival theatre and theatre-for-education, has become apparent. Both new and familiar players in South African theatre studies from around the world here respond to or anticipate the altered conditions of the country, while exploring the notion that theatre continues to 'intervene.' This broad focus enables a wide and stimulating range of approaches: contributors examine strategies of intervention among audiences, theatres, established and fledgling writers, canonical and new texts, traditional and innovative critical perspectives. The book concludes with four recent interviews with influential practitioners about the meaning and future of theatre in South Africa: Athol Fugard, Fatima Dike, Reza de Wet, and Janet Suzman.
Author : Wolfgang Schneider
Publisher : transcript Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3839446821
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (394 download)
Download or read book Theatre in Transformation written by Wolfgang Schneider and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are artists seismographs during processes of transformation? Is theatre a mirror of society? And how does it influence society offstage? To address these questions, this collection brings together analyses of cultural policy in post-apartheid South Africa and actors of the performing arts discussing political theatre and cultural activism. Case studies grant inside views of the State Theatre in Pretoria, the Market Theatre in Johannesburg and the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town, followed by a documentation of panel discussions on the Soweto Theatre. The texts collected here bring to the surface new faces and voices who advance the performing arts with their images and lexicons revolving around topics such as patriarchy, femicide and xenophobia.
Author : Patrick J. Ebewo
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443891770
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Explorations in Southern African Drama, Theatre and Performance written by Patrick J. Ebewo and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-11 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In spite of the rich repertoire of artistic traditions in Southern Africa, particularly in the areas of drama, theatre and performance, there seems to be a lack of a corresponding robust academic engagement with these subjects. While it can be said that some of the racial groups in the region have received substantial attention in terms of scholarly discussions of their drama and theatre performances, the same cannot be said of the black African racial group. As such, this collection of thirteen chapters represents a compendium of critical and intellectual discourses on black African drama, theatre and performance in Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa, and Swaziland. The topics covered in the book include, amongst others, ritual practices, interventionist approaches to drama, textual analyses, and the funeral rites (viewed as performance) of the South African liberation icon Nelson Mandela. The discussions are rooted mainly using African paradigms that are relevant to the context of African cultural production. The contributions here add to the aggregate knowledge economy of Southern Africa, promote research and publication, and provide reading materials for university students specialising in the performing arts. As such, the book will appeal to academics, theatre scholars, cultural workers and arts administrators, arts practitioners and entrepreneurs, the tourism industry, arts educators, and development communication experts.
Author : Jane Plastow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521634434
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (344 download)
Download or read book Theatre Matters written by Jane Plastow and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-12-10 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on how theatre can make and has made positive political and social interventions.
Author : Temple Hauptfleisch
Publisher : Haum Educational Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book South African Theatre written by Temple Hauptfleisch and published by Haum Educational Publishers. This book was released on 1984 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geoffrey V. Davis
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9789042008366
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Voices of Justice and Reason written by Geoffrey V. Davis and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2003 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past fifty years transformations of great moment have taken place in South Africa. Apartheid and the subsequent transition to a democratic, non-racial society in particular have exercised a profound effect on the practice of literature. This study traces the development of literature under apartheid, then seeks to identify the ways in which writers and theatre practitioners are now facing the challenges of a new social order. The main focus is on the work of black writers, prime among them Matsemela Manaka, Mtutuzeli Matshoba and Richard Rive, who, as politically committed members of the oppressed majority, bore witness to the "black experience" through their writing. Despite the draconian censorship system they were able to address the social problems caused by racial discrimination in all areas of life, particularly through forced removals, the migrant labour system, and the creation of the homelands. Their writing may be read both as a comprehensive record of everyday life under apartheid and as an alternative cultural history of South Africa. Particular attention is paid to theatre as a barometer of social change in South Africa. The concluding chapters consider how in the current period of transition writers and arts institutions have set about reassessing their priorities, redefining their function and seeking new aesthetic directions in taking up the challenge of imagining a new society.
Author : David Kerr
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1847010385
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)
Download or read book African Theatre written by David Kerr and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2011 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the impact of new media (such as video and YouTube) and the use of multi-media on live and recorded performance in Africa. Focuses on the ways African theatre and performance relate to various kinds of media. Includes contributions on dance; popular video, with an emphasis on video drama and soaps from Eastern and Southern Africa, and the Nigerian 'Nollywood' phenomenon; the interface between live performance and video (or still photography), and links between on-line social networks and new performance identities. As a group the articles raise, from original angles, the issues of racism, gender, identity, advocacy and sponsorship. Volume Editor: DAVID KERR is Professor of English in the University of Botswana, and is the author of African Popular Theatre 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
Author : Baxter Theatre Company
Publisher : Oberon Books
ISBN 13 : 9781786823625
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (236 download)
Download or read book The Fall written by Baxter Theatre Company and published by Oberon Books. This book was released on 2017-09-28 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fall is a play collaboratively written by the original cast as a reaction to and reflection on the South African student protests in 2015 and part of 2016. The #RhodesMustFall and subsequent student-led movements in South Africa alerted the country and the world to the latent ongoing issues brought about by colonialism and apartheid in South Africa. Students were also protesting about the lack of change in the way black Africans were educated and treated at South African universities more than two decades after the end of white-minority rule. They were also angry about fee increases, which disproportionately affected black students, in a country of continued extreme income inequality. The Fall details the experiences of seven students within this movement and how they deal with their traumas, while still moving towards activism for a free decolonised education. This powerful ensemble piece goes to the heart of how race, class, gender, power and history's voices intersect. It premiered at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town, toured to other venues in South Africa and to the Edinburgh Festival and the Royal Court Theatre, London. It was awarded The Stage Cast Award and a Scotsman Fringe First award in Edinburgh, and was described in The Stage as:"a truly ensemble production which has both teeth and heart. And one which stands for student revolt around the world and down the ages."
Author : Matsemela Manaka
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134406584
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)
Download or read book Beyond The Echoes of Soweto written by Matsemela Manaka and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2004. This volume presents a representative selection from the work of one of the most innovative of the younger generation of South African dramatists, Matsemela Manaka, who productions have been acclaimed not inly in is home country but also tour in Europe and America. Includes are the Egoli, Pula and Children of Asazi, Toro and Goree. Each play has been edited with the particular needs of readers outside South Africa in mind; unfamiliar references have been annotated and African-language passages in the texts provides with English translation. To facilitate a comprehensive view of Manaka's work a number of his essays on the practice of 'theatre for social reconstruction' have been reprinted along with a long introduction by Geoffrey V. Davies.
