Publication |
London, Methuen, 1999.
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Description |
xxix, 382pBlack Spine
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Series |
Methuen Drama
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Summary/Abstract |
Contemporary African Plays, edited with introductions by Martin Banham and Jane Plastow of Leeds University, is a collection of some of the most exciting plays from the past twenty-five years of African theatre, spanning the continent's rich and disparate regional and cultural traditions. Included in this collection are three of the most significant plays of this century plus three brilliant plays which will be new to Western audiences.
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Contents |
The chattering and the song / Femi Osofisam
The rise and shine of Comrade Fiasco / Andrew Whaley
Anowa / Ama Ata Aidoo
Woza Albert! / Percy Mtwa, Mbongeni Ngema, and Barney Simon
The other war / Alemseged Tesfai
Death and the king's horseman / Wole Soyinka
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Standard Number |
9780413723307 Pb.
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