Geoffrey Davis, Anne Fuchs

Theatre & Change in South Africa (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 1997. Can South African theatre continue to maintain its autonomy and exercise its critical role? How might theatre contribute to post-apartheid soceity? These are just of the questions addressed in this book.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134362905
• Artikelnr.: 59327715

Autorenporträt

Geoffrey V. Davis is a lecturer in Engliosh at the Institut fur Anglistik at the Rheinisch-Westfalische technische Hochschule, Aachen, Germany. Anne Fuchs teaches Tehatre Studies at the University of Nice but also worked as a translator.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to the Series
List of Plates
Acknowledgements
Introduction/Geoffrey V. Davis and Anne Fuchs
"A Truly Living Moment": Acting and the Statements Plays/Brian Crow
"The Many Individual Wills." From Crossroads to Survival. The Work of Experimental Theatre Workshop '71/Robert McLaren
Whose Popular Theatre and Performance?/Martin Orkin
The Performance Aesthetics of Township Theatre: Frames and Codes/Christopher Balme
Theatre for Export: The Commercialization of the Black People's Struggle in South African Export Musicals/Jerry Mofokeng
Theatre in Exile/Anthony Akerman
My Life in the Theatre of War: The Development of an Alternative Consciousness/Matthew Krouse
What is a Tribal Dress? The "Imbongi" (Praise
Singer) and the "People's Poet." Reactivation of a Tradition in the Liberation Struggle/Peter Horn
The Workers' Theatre in Natal/Ari Sitas
"An Interest in the Making of Things." An Interview with William Kentridge/Geoff V. Davis and Anne Fuchs
Tooth and Nail. Rethinking Form for the South African Theatre Malcolm Purkey Physical Images in the South African Theatre/Mark Fleishnian
"I Will Remain an African." An Interview with Maishe Maponya/Geoff V. Davis and Anne Fuchs
Politics and the Theatre: Current Trends in South Africa/Zakes Mda
Theatre: The Political Weapon in South Africa/Doreen Mazihuko
"This Compost Heap of a Country." An interview with Barne Simc/Geoff V. Davis and Anne Fuchs
So What's New? The Story behind the Play/Fatima Dike
PACT: Can the Leopard Change its Spots?/Carol Steinberg
The Future of the Performing Arts Councils in a New South Africa/Arnold Blumer
"It's Time to Have a South African Culture." An interview with Ramolao Makhene/Geoff V. Davis and Anne Fuchs
Appendices
I Publications Appeal Board Decision on Public Entertainment:
Famous Dead Man
II Weekly Mail reports on Famous Dead Man and Sunrise City
Notes on Contributors
Index of Proper Names
Index of Titles
Subject index.