The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary South African Theatre
Methuen Drama (Verlag)
978-1-4081-7669-6 (ISBN)
Part One offers six overview chapters on South African theatre pioneers and theatre forms. These include consideration of the work of artists such as Barney Simon, Mbongeni Ngema, Phyllis Klotz; the collaborations of William Kentridge and the Handspring Puppet Company; the work of Magnet Theatre, and of physical and popular community theatre forms.
Part Two features chapters on twelve major playwrights, including Athol Fugard, Reza de Wet, Lara Foot, Zakes Mda, Yaël Farber, Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom, Mike van Graan and Brett Bailey. It includes a survey of emerging playwrights and significant plays, and the book closes with an interview with Aubrey Sekhabi, the Artistic Director of the South African State Theatre in Pretoria.
Written by a team of over twenty leading international scholars, The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary South African Theatre is a unique resource that will be invaluable to students and scholars from a range of different disciplines, as well as theatre practitioners.
Martin Middeke is Professor and Chair of English Literature at the University of Augsburg, Germany and Visiting Professor of English at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Peter Paul Schnierer is Professor and Chair of English Literature at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Greg Homann is an independent academic and multi-award winning theatre director based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
INTRODUCTION (Greg Homman, Martin Middeke and Peter Paul Schnierer)
PART I OVERVIEW ESSAYS
1. The Pioneers (Sarah Roberts, (University of the Witwatersrand, S.A.)
2. Contemporary Collaborators I: Kentridge, Handspring, Taylor (Jane Taylor, University of Leeds, U.K.)
3. Contemporary Collaborators II: Magnet Theatre (Yvette Hutchison, University of Warwick, UK)
4. Physical-Theatre (Robyn Sassen, Johannesburg, S.A.)
5. Popular Community Theatre (Emma Durden, Durban, S.A.)
6. The Theatre-Makers in One-person Format (Veronica Baxter, University of Cape Town, S.A.)
PART II PLAYWRIGHTS
7. Athol Fugard (Dennis Walder, Open University, UK)
8. Reza de Wet (Anton Krueger, Rhodes University, S.A.)
9. Paul Slabolepszy (Adrienne Sichel, Johannesburg, S.A.)
10. Zakes Mda (Kene Igweonu, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK)
11. Lara Foot (Loren Kruger, University of Chicago, USA)
12. Mike van Graan (Brent Meersman, Cape Town, S.A.)
13. Craig Higginson (Michael Titlestad, University of the Witwatersrand, S.A.)
14. Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom (Muff Andersson, University of South Africa, S.A.)
15. Brett Bailey (Kevin Wetmore, Loyola Marymount University, USA)
16. Pieter-Dirk Uys (Mervyn McMurtry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, S.A.)
17. Fatima Dike (Miki Flockeman, University of the Western Cape, S.A.)
18. Yael Farber (Marcia Blumberg, York University, Canada)
19. Emerging Playwrights and Significant Plays (Greg Homann, Independent Scholar)
20. Aubrey Sekhabi: an interview, with Greg Homann (Independent Scholar)
INDEX
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.11.2015 |
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Reihe/Serie | Guides to Contemporary Drama |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
Gewicht | 458 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4081-7669-6 / 1408176696 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4081-7669-6 / 9781408176696 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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