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Author:   Martin Banham ,  James Gibbs ,  Femi Osofisan ,  Jane Plastow
Publisher:   James Currey
Imprint:   James Currey
Volume:   v. 12
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.265kg
ISBN:  

9781847010803

ISBN 10:   1847010806
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   21 November 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Editors' Introduction - Jane Plastow Shakespeare, Africa & the Globe Olympiad - Femi Osofisan The Two Gentlemen of Zimbabwe & their Diaspora audience at Shakespeare's Globe - Penelope Woods Shakespeare's African nostos: township nostalgia & South African performance at sea - Colette Gordon Itan Oginintin - The Winter's Tale: Shakespeare meets Yoruba Gods - Sola Adeyemi Performing the nation at the London Globe - notes on a South Sudanese Cymbeline - Christine Matzke African Shakespeares: a discussion - Michael Walling with Juwon Ogungbe, Arne Pohlmeier, Kate Stafford & Dev Virahsawmy - Michael Walling 'Sa bezsominn Shakespeare la': The Brave New World of Dev Virahsawmy - Ashish Beesondial Crioulo Shakespeareano & the creolising of King Lear - Eunice Ferreira Playscript: Wesoo, Hamlet! or the Resurrection of Hamlet by Femi Osofisan - Femi Osofisan Book reviews

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(An) excellent volume. THEATRE SURVEY Should not be confined to African Studies collections but also find a place in any library concerned with English literature or Theatre Studies. AFRICAN RESEARCH & DOCUMENTATION

Should not be confined to African Studies collections but also find a place in any library concerned with English literature or Theatre Studies. AFRICAN RESEARCH & DOCUMENTATION

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Femi Osofisan is an internationally lauded playwright, scholar, poet, novelist, actor, director, songwriter, and activist and Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts at the University of Ibadan. Osofisan was awarded the Thalia Prize in 2016. He has published five novellas, six volumes of poetry, and more than 50 plays. Jane Plastow is Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds. Femi Osofisan is an internationally lauded playwright, scholar, poet, novelist, actor, director, songwriter, and activist and Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts at the University of Ibadan. Osofisan was awarded the Thalia Prize in 2016. He has published five novellas, six volumes of poetry, and more than 50 plays. CHRISTINE MATZKE, Lecturer in African Literatures and Cultures, Humboldt-University, Berlin. Jane Plastow is Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds.

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