Theatre Matters: Performance and Culture on the World Stage

Richard Boon (Curatore)

Jane Plastow (Curatore)

Cambridge University Press, 1998

Theatre, in a variety of forms and contexts, can make, and indeed has made, positive political and social interventions in a range of developing cultures across the world. In this book a distinguished team of theatre historians and dramatists explores how theatre has a dynamic and often difficult relationship with societies and states, arguing positively that theatrical activity can make a difference. The collection begins with a foreword by Wole Soyinka and, through the volume, specially chosen plays, projects and movements are examined, embracing a variety of theatrical forms from conventional text to on-site developmental work. The communities addressed range from the national to the local, from middle-class elites to the economically dispossessed in countries such as Brazil and Argentina, Nigeria, Eritrea and South Africa, and India and the Caribbean countries.

• Curatore: Richard Boon, Jane Plastow
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre
• Anno: 1998
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 228 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 152 mm
• Peso: 340 gr.
• EAN: 9780521634434

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